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To: RetiredNow who wrote (221300)	3/1/2005 3:33:25 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

Look, Elroy, I shouldn't have to spell this out for you. When you have an entire region of people who are forcefed hate propaganda about the U.S. for decades, of course, they are going to grow up hating the U.S. and eventually that will turn into direct action against Americans, as we saw on 9/11. Force fed hate? Totally unnecessary. US actions in the ME since WW II have guaranteed that hate. And its not just our support of Israel that has them upset. Its the stuff we did in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon to name a few........the serious indiscretions we committed. Read up on the facts and then come back and tell me that they were "force fed" hate. ted

To: RetiredNow who wrote (221300)	3/2/2005 1:50:17 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

So what did those countries that you listed do? They created the atmosphere and culture of hate that exists in the Middle East today. They used hatred of the West as a safety valve to deflect the growing discontentment of their people, who lack freedoms and a chance at a decent life and a chance to choose their own leaders. That's what they did. If you can't see that, then you are clearly in Raymond's category of Americans who don't really know what is going on in the Middle East. Well, you look, I live here, and I don't feel the hatred that you are claiming exists. I actually think most strangers that I encounter feel a friendly curiousity toward me. What do you think about that? Are the Arabs also taught how to conceal their "hatred" when dealing, day to day, with non-Arabs? Am I being fooled somehow every day in my personal experience? Or are you blindly believing the hate-propaganda you read in your living room in Des Moines? Do you know any Arabs at all?