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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (3348)	11/20/2006 6:24:10 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

from a column by Gwyn Dyer hamiltonspectator.com Turning points do not normally announce themselves with great fanfare; you only realize that you have passed them some time later. But this year, for the first time, Israel failed to win a war (in Lebanon). For the first time in 39 years, Israel has really lost control of the Palestinians. And now the United States, after 30 years of military involvement, is on its way out of the Middle East. The American withdrawal from Iraq is still a year or two away, but the retreat will not stop there. We are probably still 20 or 30 or even 50 years away from the day when Israel faces a real war for survival. Avoiding that is a very high priority even for Israel's enemies, for a defeated Israel would certainly destroy the Arab world with nuclear weapons before it went under, and (if you believe the threats of some Israeli leaders) much of Europe as well. That outcome is still far from inevitable, but this is the year when the clock started ticking.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (3348)	11/20/2006 9:08:32 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

Dissent Crushed (Why Muslims rarely speak out, even in the U.S.) New York Post ^ \| November 20, 2006 \| Adam Brodsky frontpagemag.com Muslims are often accused of not speaking out sufficiently against terrorism. Nonie Darwish knows one reason why: Their fellow Muslims won't let them. Darwish, who comes from Egypt and was born and raised a Muslim, was set to tell students at Brown University about the twisted hatred and radicalism she grew to despise in her own culture. A campus Jewish group, Hillel, had contacted her to speak there Thursday. But the event was just called off. Muslim students had complained that Darwish was "too controversial." They insisted she be denied a platform at Brown, and after contentious debate Hillel agreed. Weird: No one had said boo about such Brown events as a patently anti-Israel "Palestinian Solidarity Week." But Hillel said her "offensive" statements about Islam "alarmed" the Muslim Student Association, and Hillel didn't want to upset its "beautiful relationship" with the Muslim community. Plus, Brown's women's center backed out of co-sponsoring the event, even though it shares Darwish's concerns about the treatment of women. Reportedly, part of the problem was that Darwish had no plans to condemn Israel for shooting Arab women used by terrorists as human shields, or for insufficiently protecting Israeli Arab wives from their husbands. In plugging their ears to Darwish, Brown's Muslim students proved her very point: Muslims who attempt constructive self-criticism are quickly and soundly squelched - by other Muslims. (Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ....