X-Message-Number: 17574 From: "Gary Tripp" <> Subject: Re: Islamic hate is not surprising - bullshit! Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 20:33:43 -0400 Doug Skrecky writes regarding Mike Darwin's post: >> Message #17540 From: >> >> Make no mistake, the charge Tuesday is but a small debit against a very large >> account of Islamic hate as a result of US support of Israel and of capitalism >> and freedom as we understand it. >> > After watching the violent and racist actions the USA federal >government has been directly and indirectly party to in the middle east, >I find it hardly surprising that the USA has accumulated a lot of well >deserved hatred from many Arabs. There are a lot of very good reasons >it wasn't the CN Tower in Toronto, or Buchingham Palace in Britain that >was targeted. Americans have acquired the adjective "ugly American" in >many foreign countries. It has gotten so bad that some Americans are >sewing Canadian flags on their luggage, while visiting France! I think this is very short sighted. I've great respect for both Doug and Mike but I do not think they fully appreciate the fact that the U.S. constitutes the only credible force that stands for civilization in a world bent on barbarism. /gary Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17574