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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116685)	10/12/2003 9:54:59 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't have much respect for the view that we should look to excuse those who attack us. Our military killed no Muslims till long after we began being attacked. Plus we have a long history or aiding and assisting Muslims in conflicts with non-Muslims. Off the top of my head: - we aided Bosnian Muslims when attacked by Serbs - we went to war to prevent Serbs from ethnically cleansing primarily Muslim Kosovars - we aided Muslim Azeris in their conflict with Christian Armenia, Afghanistan in its conflict with the USSR, Pakistan in its conflicts with India, Somalia and Eritrea in its conflict with Christian Ethiopia - we made Israel, Britain, and France give back the Sinai and Suez Canal to Nasser - we put troops into Lebanon to allow the evacuation and survival of the PLO - we've been indifferent to Muslim attacks against Christians from the Sudan to Indonesia I would stress the above is off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm leaving things out. It's precisely because we've pursued a generally pro-Muslim policy that you can accuse of propping up dictatorships. As for the victims of this or that middle Eastern regime, we are not responsible unless you think we should pursue an isolationistic policy and seek no friends or allies anywhere.