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To: peter michaelson who wrote (8883)	4/7/2003 9:03:27 AM
From: ChrisJP	Respond to of 21614

Hi Peter, those are all great and thoughtful questions. The main reason I post here is not about understanding or resolving all the difference in the region. Its complicated and everyone is entitled to a point-of-view as to the source of the problems and what might constitute reasonable actions to correct these problems. I started posting when I saw that some of the posts (and posters) were far more than anti-war and were really not here to constructively discuss the region -- they are purely here to promote an anti-American agenda and message. You can tell by some of their claims, the sources of those claims, and their responses when you question their claims. But its worth reading so you can learn their interesting and unconventional views regarding world politics. Now 2Mar$ --- he might be able to discuss the subjects in your post. Take care, Chris

To: peter michaelson who wrote (8883)	4/7/2003 9:49:53 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 21614

It's convenient for Muslim nations to blame Europeans for problems, not all of which are caused by the West. Notwithstanding the political dominance of the West following World War I, one must wonder whether there are any factors that worked against modernization in this part of the world. If colonialism was used as a convenient excuse, then we would not see any progress in a country like India, which is now becoming one of the most advanced when it comes to computer technology, rivaling, if not exceeding many famous institutions in the U.S. What I see is a pressure toward conformity and against innovation that began to express itself in the Muslim world at least 500 years ago. That pressure on conformity is not altogether different from what one can find in certain parts of the U.S., where community norms and educational goals seem to work against the urge to innovate and find new ways of doing things. The U.S., because of the pressure on conforming, politically and otherwise, may be in the early stages of the same approach to governance and thinking that has afflicted the Arab world. Art