Kevin, Thanks for the clarification. And I apologize for the sarcastic tone of my post, sir.
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > Ben, > > I never said that I though that suicide bombing was > acceptable, in fact > in several of my posts I said that I thought it was cowardly > and wrong. > I support Israel for going in and cleaning out the groups. I > just don't > support all the foreign aid the US gives to Israel. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > This is interesting - we now appear to have a right-wing US > apologist on > the > list! > > Oh boy, here comes another long controversial thread > degenerating into a > flame war > (or not...) > > Kevin, I totally disagree with what, in my opinion, is a > strongly biased > comment you made - > > They hate us because our hi-tech weaponry is being used by Israeli > > soldiers to kill Palestinian men, women, and children. > > The Arab world has hated us long before the Palestinian > Authority, long > before the latest 18-month Intifada, long before Israeli military > incursions > into the West Bank. > > And we're not talking about "subtle Saudi presence" and Bin > Laden taking > offense - the entire Muslim world, who see the U.S. as "infidels" > (non-Muslim) and have hated that for over 50 years we support the > existence > of the State of Israel, which nation they want to push into the sea. > > You seem to forget that Israel has a stated policy of retaliating for > terrorist attacks against civilians. And you don't seem to criticize > somebody walking into a hotel or restaurant with pounds of explosive > strapped to their body, and murder people. > > How about a little fairness? > > I don't like the Israeli military operations against the Palestinians, > not > one bit. > However, Hamas and Islamic Jihad were recently quoted as > saying even if > Arafat and the PA declared a cease-fire, they would *not* > honor it, and > would continue the bombings. > > So, for an effective peace with a legitimate Palestinian > "government" to > occur, the illegitimate terrorist organizations must be stopped. > > -Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:20 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > > So Howard tell me where this statement is wrong: > > > > The Arab world doesn't hate us because of > > Hollywood. And they don't hate us because of our subtle Saudi > > presence. > > They hate us because our hi-tech weaponry is being used by Israeli > > soldiers to kill Palestinian men, women, and children. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:18 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > 9/11 happened because there's a lot of stupid people running > > around who > > will > > buy any propaganda fed them by any megalomaniac. It had > nothing to do > > with > > the rightness or wrongness of American foreign policy and > > everything to > > do > > with one individual's lust for power. > > > > H. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:16 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > > Our support of Israel is one of the reasons 9/11 happened. > > > > And Bush is not a moron....I will give you that he is not the best > > public speaker but he is getting better. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:23 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > > > *shrug* > > > > > > Sometimes I think Bush is a moron. > > > > Only sometimes? ;) > > > > > > > > The double speak coming from him is rather idiotic. > > > > > > > > > Just the other day he was declaring that they understand > the Israeli > > > reaction and support it. > > > > > > -Gel > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
