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May 3, 2007
Masters Of The Universe
Pat Santy points to Victor Davis Hanson's "beautiful post on the crazy Middle East" that summarizes all the hysteria and hype that we have endured over the last four years in what amounts to a synopsis of the ongoing insanity about the war against Islamofascism:
Polls show about 20% of Americans favor the Palestinians in their war against Israel, while about half the US population now expresses an unease with Muslims in general. Meanwhile a large minority of Muslims, according to polls, condones terrorist attacks on civilians, while a vast majority is vehemently anti-American. Their prejudice apparently is chalked up to our omnipresence--like saving Kuwait, feeding Somalia, stopping Muslims dying en masse in the Balkans, ridding Afghanistan of the Soviets, paying astronomical prices for their oil, and giving nearly $100 billion over the years to the Egyptians, Jordanians, and Palestinians.Pat aptly notes that it is probably useless for the U.S. to expect even the tiniest bit of gratitude from a part of the world that is so steeped in paranoia and delusion and so much in denial about its own failures, but Hanson can't help pointing out the obvious.
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Posted by Richard at May 3, 2007 12:06 PM
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With such poll, always considers the flaws and limitations of the data.
Posted by: jamal at May 3, 2007 8:39 PM
I have to agree with you on the poll; without knowing the questions and how they're framed, or the sampling, the results can indeed be misleading. On the other hand, the general response appears similar to other similar polls I've read about.
I have little doubt though that much of the paranoia and disillusionment Hansen writes of is cleric-driven and rests with people that get virtually 100 % of their information from Arab media that is anti-U.S., and/or Islamist groups.
On the other hand, there are indeed many Muslims that don't share the Islamist ideology, yet are unhappy with the U.S. for failing to affect real change in Arab governments. I count many such Muslim friends among this latter group.
Posted by: Richard at May 4, 2007 3:49 PM
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