Why They Hate Us? The 9/11 Question, Still Unanswered After 5 Years
The reformers point to a "taproot" for Muslim extremism:
Reformers invariably add that a credible effort to solve the issue of Arab land occupied by Israel, which they believe is the taproot of extremism, does not even seem to be on Washington's radar.
The taproot of extremism. It was amazing to watch the Sunday talk shows yesterday in the wake of the London arrests and hear the usual blather about Why they hate us?—lack of opportunity in the Arab world, dictatorship, etc.—and not hear one voice expressing the concerns of our friends in the Arab world. Though once, on Meet the Press, Gov. Tom Kean did mention our support of Israel. This question has now been with us for five years.
You get far more honest discussion about this from the Israel Policy Forum, whose leaders wrote into the Times to acknowledge that the Israeli occupation was indeed the "taproot" of extremism, and to insist that withdrawing from the West Bank is the prime business of the Olmert government.
The inability of the mainstream media to examine the apartheid conditions in the West Bank, and the degree to which these conditions are fueling Arab rage across the region, is further proof, if anyone needs it, of the strength of the Israel lobby in this country. Americans are wed, forcibly, to an ideal of Israel as an enlightened democracy. They are almost never shown the militarized, racist, religious zealots who have carved up Arab land in the name of their alliance with us, the United States.
And no, that's not the only reason they hate us. But it's a big one. How long can we live in denial?
Wake up moron, no one's in denial. It's called the "Road Map". Try something new, like reading it and knowing what you are talking about before you babble away- uninformed as usual.
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20062.htm
when little philly weiss agonizes about islamic hatred of "us" one wonders who the "us" is the little guy is referring to. is "us" the state of israel; something little philly opposes. is "us" the US of A, something little phil is embarassed of. he reserves the term zealot for israeli settlers; how bout radical state sponsored terrorist armies lobbing rockets into civilian centers? little phil speaks of "taproots" of extremism and calls for yet another unilateral withdrawal on israels part in order to beg peace from the arabs. did this strategy work in gaza or in lebanon? does he really think that iranian and jihadi ambitions are obsessed with the palestinian problem?
Just want to know.
Does attacking little philly weiss for being a sensitive sissy from the upper west side seem to have anti-semetic undertones to anyone else? Its like they keep attacking him for being like Woody Allen.
Phil,
The original picture in Eastern Europe before WWII was even worse.
The image of the Jews was very low, and yes there was strong rejection, anger, and hatred againt most Jews.
The Christians and Jews and Muslims need to review their past, and all carry some culpability in such a long conflict.
We all need a good dose of Enlightenment.
Nicknames like "the wise king" are straight out of the comments columns of Israeli online rags like haaretz and yediot.