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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (25356)	8/28/2012 11:37:23 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

I have no interest in spending one moment reading this guy. I am quit sure he has nothing to teach me. Clash of civilizations. Yes we have a clash of civilization, but it is the past versus the present. E.g. I do not support the traditional muslim culture where women are second class citizens, or any culture with a society or justice system I find brutal and unfair. Traditionlly, we were cannibals, had slaves and burned witches. We still have honor killings for nothing. Women are still not free in most of the world. Taking issue with those on the right who speak of a “clash of civilizations,” D’Souza argues that the war on terror is really a war for the hearts and minds of traditional Muslims—and traditional peoples everywhere. The only way to win the struggle with radical Islam is to convince traditional Muslims that America is on their side .

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (25356)	8/28/2012 11:48:06 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

From another poster I trust to get it right. "D'Souza is a pretty astonishing piece of crap. He was the source of Newt's odd "Kenyan anti-colonial worldview" characterization of Obama, by way of this really, really, astonishingly slipshod and ridiculous piece of writing: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/politics-socialism-capitalism-private-enterprises-obama-business-problem_print.html A bit of D'Souza's incredibly penetrating analysis: Clearly the anticolonial ideology of Barack Obama Sr. goes a long way to explain the actions and policies of his son in the Oval Office. And we can be doubly sure about his father's influence because those who know Obama well testify to it. His "granny" Sarah Obama (not his real grandmother but one of his grandfather's other wives) told Newsweek, "I look at him and I see all the same things--he has taken everything from his father. The son is realizing everything the father wanted. The dreams of the father are still alive in the son." Obama Sr. left when Obama Jr. was 2. Obama Sr. visited Obama Jr. exactly once, when Jr. was 11 years old. But apparently some strange Vulcan mind meld took place then. That's about what would be needed to justify D'Souza's completely fabricated analysis. Of course, D'Souza completely fabricated Obama Sr.'s views too, since Obama Sr. seems to have about one surviving piece of writing known. So much crap, so little time.