Wrong policies
I have not written in a while because I am travelling around and am currently in London. Its been a strange summer holiday with as you all know never ending tragedies in the Middle East.
How the West is succeeding in losing the support of almost all the people of the Middle East:
Lebanon: Everyone knows what is going on between Isreal and Lebanon but the results are not more 'freedom' nor is it an end to terrorism, or minimising the threat of Hizbollah. The true results are the following:
- An embrassment of the Lebanese government at the expense of making Hizbollah more popular than they have been in history. Even secular moderates support the actions of Hizbollah to some extent after seeing the devestation that is happening to all the people of Lebanon. The bombings do not stop and those who think this is a strategic campagin to destroy a milita and help make the area safer are DREAMING.
- The huge rise in anti-Isreali feeling around the world, i am in England and despite Tony Blair's policies the majority of the people here are disgusted by the way he has conducted himself. It is shameful to admit that this is self-defence. Please do not see this as a defence of Hizbollah, to me the Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) and Hizbollah are both guilty of crimes.
Iraq: The situation has become extremely desperate with thousands of people being displaced and with the offical split of Iraq underway though not everyone agrees on who is behind it. The death squads and the insurgents fight each other with weapons and money that have to come from somewhere.
As for popular sentiment among Iraqis, its probably quite ironic that its probably Sunni Arabs that want the US to stay, as opposed to the old days when it was the opposite.
- The destruction of Nasrallah and Hizbollah has alienated the majority of Shi'ites who had started to have faith with the West. Plesae do not talk about Al-Sadr (an old mate of Uday's) or Hakeem (as representative of ALL Shi'ites) but its true that the actions of Isreal have turned the tide in Iraq.
-The Kurds have seen the support the US gives the Turkish givernment and have realised that in the end of the day just as always they are just pawns being used, and this despite the fact that the removal of Saddam was welcomed with over joy but now the Kurds live in fear of an Isreali-style attack starting from Turkey.
Please see that now the people of Iraq and Lebanon who had so many moderates and secular minded people who had some sort of faith and hope in the West have lost it. Its as if they thrive on weakening all the countries of the areas.
This has ruined what has been built in both these countries and proves that one of theories must be true:
-The west want the middle eastern countries to fail and to never gain strength for a variety of reasons OR
- The people in charge of policies have no idea how a Middle Eastern person thinks or feels and as a result have conducted numerous policies that have resulted in the loss of support among the majority of ppl living in the Middle East.
The continious support of Isreal at the expense of all others in the Middle East will not decrease world wide terrorism, nor will it help establish a democratic free Middle East. It will only result in more and more Islamic fundamentalists winning in elections and bringing us back to the days of secular dictators (Saddam Hussein style)...... there is no hope really for the near future and that is why most bloggers have stopped writing.
There is a site that is written by people living in Iraq but seem only intersted in the financial aspects of things and have lost all touch with reality. This is sad because they inspired me and many others to start blogging and hopefully they regain some of the rigour they used to have in their old posts.
Cheers and have a nice day.
How the West is succeeding in losing the support of almost all the people of the Middle East:
Lebanon: Everyone knows what is going on between Isreal and Lebanon but the results are not more 'freedom' nor is it an end to terrorism, or minimising the threat of Hizbollah. The true results are the following:
- An embrassment of the Lebanese government at the expense of making Hizbollah more popular than they have been in history. Even secular moderates support the actions of Hizbollah to some extent after seeing the devestation that is happening to all the people of Lebanon. The bombings do not stop and those who think this is a strategic campagin to destroy a milita and help make the area safer are DREAMING.
- The huge rise in anti-Isreali feeling around the world, i am in England and despite Tony Blair's policies the majority of the people here are disgusted by the way he has conducted himself. It is shameful to admit that this is self-defence. Please do not see this as a defence of Hizbollah, to me the Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) and Hizbollah are both guilty of crimes.
Iraq: The situation has become extremely desperate with thousands of people being displaced and with the offical split of Iraq underway though not everyone agrees on who is behind it. The death squads and the insurgents fight each other with weapons and money that have to come from somewhere.
As for popular sentiment among Iraqis, its probably quite ironic that its probably Sunni Arabs that want the US to stay, as opposed to the old days when it was the opposite.
- The destruction of Nasrallah and Hizbollah has alienated the majority of Shi'ites who had started to have faith with the West. Plesae do not talk about Al-Sadr (an old mate of Uday's) or Hakeem (as representative of ALL Shi'ites) but its true that the actions of Isreal have turned the tide in Iraq.
-The Kurds have seen the support the US gives the Turkish givernment and have realised that in the end of the day just as always they are just pawns being used, and this despite the fact that the removal of Saddam was welcomed with over joy but now the Kurds live in fear of an Isreali-style attack starting from Turkey.
Please see that now the people of Iraq and Lebanon who had so many moderates and secular minded people who had some sort of faith and hope in the West have lost it. Its as if they thrive on weakening all the countries of the areas.
This has ruined what has been built in both these countries and proves that one of theories must be true:
-The west want the middle eastern countries to fail and to never gain strength for a variety of reasons OR
- The people in charge of policies have no idea how a Middle Eastern person thinks or feels and as a result have conducted numerous policies that have resulted in the loss of support among the majority of ppl living in the Middle East.
The continious support of Isreal at the expense of all others in the Middle East will not decrease world wide terrorism, nor will it help establish a democratic free Middle East. It will only result in more and more Islamic fundamentalists winning in elections and bringing us back to the days of secular dictators (Saddam Hussein style)...... there is no hope really for the near future and that is why most bloggers have stopped writing.
There is a site that is written by people living in Iraq but seem only intersted in the financial aspects of things and have lost all touch with reality. This is sad because they inspired me and many others to start blogging and hopefully they regain some of the rigour they used to have in their old posts.
Cheers and have a nice day.
posted by Sami at 11:38 PM
12 Comments:
hope your enjoying your holiday!
miss you always! and now more than ever..
xx
I know everything seems horrible right now, and it is, but sometimes things have to get much worse before they can ever get better, especially if you have ignored problems for a long time. Hizbollah was like a state growing inside a state, a terrorist army growing inside a state...and even worse, a state-sponsored terrorist army growing inside a state. They were supposed to be disarmed long ago; otherwise, deals would not have ever been made. Iran seems to be building up their own little armies in different countries and I suspect they are the ones causing most of the problems in Iraq. Would Iraqis really want to be ruled by someone like the Iranian president? The west and others will help rebuild Lebanon, just wait and see. Many Lebanon civilians hate to see what Israel has done to their country, and I can't much blame them; but Christians are coming out of Lebanon saying it was like being held hostage by Hizbollah and they couldn't ever say anything bad about them because they were too afraid to. So is the government, I would bet everything I have on that one. Hizbollah did win over some hearts and minds by giving charity, but we know what is really in their hearts and minds. I can't even imagine how wicked a terrorist would be if they were actually given any kind of power in a country. You have to know that it is human nature for every leader to be corrupt to a certain extent, depending on how much power they're allowed to have, so if you put someone in power that is already corrupt...well, think about it.
I didn't know much about Hizbollah before all of this began. All I knew at first was that when I didn't hear the normal voices that are usually instantly screaming out against Israel were intially completely silent, most in the world must have wanted Israel to attack Hizbollah, even many Muslim leaders. It was only when the public started putting pressure on their leaders that they finally began speaking out. But this should tell us how dangerous Hizbollah truly was/is to many in the world.
If the Muslim world does not start making the terrorists be responsible for what they do and hold them accountable instead of constantly blaming others in the world, they will take over your world. It would be like us supporting the mafia years ago. The terrorists in the Muslim world could never survive without many of the people supporting them. Look at how they reacted to Jordan's people protesting against them big time when they bombed Jordan. They were apologizing all over themselves and making up one excuse after another. This is exactly how it would be if all Iraqis and all others in the Muslim world would stand up against them. No country in the world can set you free unless you all stand up for yourselves. Look at what the terrorists are doing and quit listening to their propaganda excuses. Look at how Hizbollah hid behind the civilians in Lebanon just to try to make Israel look bad. The terrorists/ resistance do the same thing in Iraq. This is why our soldiers are coming home so psychologically damaged - they are not programed to ever kill women and children, yet they had to. I've never heard of anything so horrifying and low in my entire life. Journalists reported women and children standing on bridges in Lebanon, waiting for the Israelis to come and bomb them so they could die to make them look bad. Other journalists showed the civilians celebrating their families being killed. Another journalist took a picture of Hizbollah sitting on their portable rockets in their civilian clothes in the middle of the city, knowing Israel would bomb there in seconds after they set their rockets off. So they purposely did it so Israel would kill all of those children. I thought raising your kids to hate from day-one was bad, but this is the lowest.
If you want to live as the Afghanistan people did under the Taliban someday, it's up to you. But, please, remember that things aren't always as they seem to be and the smartest people in the word will fall for propaganda if they continually hear it over and over again. Hizbollah wanted nothing other than to destroy Israel...not just the occupation areas, but all of the Israelis and the entire country, just as Hamas does. They also want to destroy all other countries.
I don't have time to update my blog as I am on holiday.
I am writign in reply to the previous comment.
You admit that you did not know much about Hezbollah prior to the current events around the world...
that is what i am trying to do educate the people that there is a big difference between the psychos that run al qaeda, hamas etc and hizbollah.
Hizbollah just like Olmert were voted by the people of their country to power, and just like amir peretz can be a defence minister because he got voted in and then can attack lebanon the people of lebanon and that includes the people in hizbollah who are elected can do the same.
Its not fair to impose democracy the way that is 'freedom loving'.....
should be up to the people of the region to pick who they want and maybe if there was less barabaric Israeli aggrsesion then the people of the MIDDLE EAST wouldn't be drawn and attracted to voting and electing extremists... thats my arguments these actions do not harm the extrmists but give them more popularity than ever... and thats what kills me.... the west has let down the liberals and people who are moderates in the middle east by not stopping actions that make the islamic extremists as popular as ever....
"Even secular moderates support the actions of Hizbollah to some extent after seeing the devestation." I need help understanding this. Is it akin to "Israel is evil, therefore, I support "to some extent" everything that opposes Israel?" While I can appreciate criticism of Israel, even hate, I cannot understand support for Hizbollah by "secular moderates." Hizbollah is, as I understand it, both a part of the government (rather small percentage of seats) but also a militia holding territory of the sovereign state and holding it to the exclusion of the sovereign governent. That circumstance alone is enough to prevent any real peace, ever, and I am not talking about peace with Israel but within Lebanon.
A year or longer ago, you were going to write about Lebanon. I wish you would now.
I am telling you how moderates in the middle east feel, its hard for people to understand but all i know for sure is that hizbollah's support has increased greatly among Muslims and that was supposedly the OPPOSITE of the Israeli goals....
Over in Iraq The Model, Mohammed said this in a post entitled Logic amid the sands...:
"...a stable and prosperous middle east would be better for America's interests than a poor, troubled one."
That is so true. We have a saying here that goes "It's always darkest before the dawn." Before WWII ended, much of Europe lay in ruins and two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. This, ostensibly being WWIII, will probably result in similar carnage before it's over. As with all the other world conflicts, it will be over and the good guys will win.
iraq the model has 0 iraqi readers.....
they write to non iraqis first and foremost and their intention is the same of mike moore, making money of the tragedies of other...
they are the other side of the coin to riverbend both greatly trying hard to pretend they represent all iraqis.....
you will realise this keep up the good work Sami 3al 2aqal there are still some iraqis who blog who think for themselves....
I understand that you are reporting "how moderates in the middle east feel." My question is why specifically do they feel this way. (I believe that you are correct in your assessment, as another ME blogger for whom I have the utmost respect, made a statement to the effect that, "We are all Hezbollah now.")
The reason I ask the question is twofold. First, I really do need help understanding it. Second, it is my belief that by "verballizing" the basis for this feeling one can understand its source. I want to know the source of this feeling, and I want those who feel that way to know its source.
The question is why would secular moderates express support for Hezbollah? I know that they do, but I don't know why, and I don't think that they really know why either. (I say this without any intent to offend or ridicule and from the perspective that I speak from personal experience.)
The destruction of a country, its infrastructure, its life becaues of the actions of a militant group leads to this feeling of injustice. It was not the state and people of Lebanon who took the decision to kidnap two soldiers. It ended up being an entire people who suffered which makes you feel sorry for these people, the fact that they lost so much and for what? Is the Middle East safer? Olmert is allowed to do as he pleases..... this pains people to watch because it proves what moerates try and disprove all the time, that US interests in the Middle East centre around Isreal. When the US sided strongly with Olmert it put the nail in the coffin for anyone trying to convince the brainwashed that the US cares for the people of the region. People see Nasrallah not as a leader of a rag tag milita, because if you want to group all his supporters as criminals that would mean that the majority of people in the Middle East are criminals.
See, Sami, you kind of explained why the world seemed relieved at first when Israel hit Hizbollah back so hard:
"The destruction of a country, its infrastructure, its life becaues of the actions of a militant group leads to this feeling of injustice. It was not the state and people of Lebanon who took the decision to kidnap two soldiers."
But it was the state and the majority of the people of Lebanon that chose to allow Hizbollah to exist & grow in their country. From your above statement, can't you see how dangerous it is for an army to be built up inside a state that is separate from the state? They can do whatever they choose, right, and the Lebanon people and/or government should not be held responsible and/or blamed, right? Wrong! So Iran and Syria can build their army inside another country, do whatever they choose, and never be blamed or held accountable for anything they do. In other words, they can do anything they choose and get by with it. This can lead to nothing but destruction. Why do you think Hizbollah had all those tunnels built and a war zone built? They could not wait until the day that they could fight Israel and destroy her. Everyone knows that is what these people live for; that is exactly why Hizbollah even exists.
I watched closely when the Israelis moved out of Gaza, because they had always claimed to be there for security purposes and I wanted to see if they were telling the truth. There's no doubt in my mind now that they were telling the truth. Rockets were soon sent into Israel and the digging of the tunnel to kidnap the soldiers soon began when they pulled out of Gaza. Israel has given back land & made piece with Egypt...on the surface, anyway... and someone else they gave back land to. During wars, countries usually do take land to trade for peace later on. That is what Israel has tried to do with the Palestinians, but they want nothing other than to totally destroy Israel. I guarantee you if Israel left all of the occupied land tomorrow, the Palestinians/ Hamas/Hizbollah, or someone else would still attack them.
Journalists interviewed many people in Lebanon when all of this first started, when Israel was dropping leaflets, warning the people to leave, and everyone they interviewed "at first" that said they were staying, said they were staying to support Hizbollah; therefore, they became militas, too. This is what is so hard about this war on terrorism - the terrorists live as civilians most of the time, strike and then go back to living as civilians. However, they could not exist in these countries if it were not for the majority of the people allowing them to exist.
As bad as you probably hate Israel, as most do in that part of the world, as anglogermanicamerican said, letting your feelings towards Israel guide the way you feel towards everyone and everything that happens, even when it comes down to what is best for you and your country, will lead to nothing but self-destruction. Satan could come and stand up against Israel and he would instantly become the ME's hero, just as Iran's president did. This is one of the ME's biggest problems. This is preventing the ME from having a truly great hero, which you desparately need right now, to rise up and lead the people. Any great person that rose up, wanting peace with Israel would be instantly killed in the ME.
I do not take up for Israel always. I think they have done wrong, just as everyone else involved. However, I have seen so many Arab Muslim groups and people preach to have them wiped off the face of the earth, and knowing that some have actually tried to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth before, I can see why the Israelis would be a little overly cautous at times. I hear and see that they want to destroy Israel all the time on their TV channels, their newspapers, in their schools, for God's sake, etc. I am certain Israel sees and hears this, too.
"It ended up being an entire people who suffered which makes you feel sorry for these people, the fact that they lost so much and for what?"
Yes, I did/do feel very sorry for those that lost their homes, etc., that did not support Hizbollah. However, Christians coming out of Lebanon were saying Hizbollah was shooting off their rockets in between their houses. We saw them purposely shooting their rockets off in the middle of the cities in civilian areas. Doesn't that make you angry at them? You see, it makes no sense whatsoever to us that you would blame others for what the terrorists do. Hizbollah is NOT different from other terrorists groups. Hizbollah has killed many Americans in the past. Until the ME starts putting the blame on the terrorists, your world will be filled with terrorists. And of course, then, all of your leaders are going to be as bad or worse than Saddam. Like I said, you give a little power to a human being & they all turn corrupt to a certain extent. Have you ever known of one leader that wasn't corrupt throughout the history of this world? So if they are already corrupt, God help you all. It seems as if the Arab Muslim world continually shoots themselves in the foot. I can never understand why they would elect terrorists as their leaders. Well, take that back. I do understand it, really. It's because they hate so badly. Hate ALWAYS caused people to be irate and incapable of making logical decisions; therefore, always leading to eventual self-destruction.
I know we have made the people in that part of the world lean more toward the terrorists/extremists, but I'm not sure what else we can do. Europe did nothing for many years and Muslim terrorists/ extremists are taking many of their countries over. They have thrown out scores of extremists/ terrorists/sleeper cells. We did nothing for years, and we had many sleeper cells/terrorists/ extremists in our country. Sometimes I thank God for 9/11/01, because it woke us up. For years now, they have invaded the western world, going into our prisons & trying to convert the black Americans in our prisons, hoping they would still have enough hatred to help start a civil war here someday when they got out. Long story, but we know this for a fact. Now they are trying to convert the Mexicans, hoping to start a civil war. They have tried to spread their hatred in our countries on our campuses, through our media, by trying to participate in our political offices, etc. They were preaching their hatred in their mosques in the west. They had/have organizations here pretending not to be terrorists/extremists, but they are. They say we have invaded them, but they started invading us many years ago.
"Is the Middle East safer? Olmert is allowed to do as he pleases....this pains people to watch because it proves what moerates try and disprove all the time, that US interests in the Middle East centre around Isreal. When the US sided strongly with Olmert it put the nail in the coffin for anyone trying to convince the brainwashed that the US cares for the people of the region."
The above is hard for us to understand, too. We gave money to the Palestinians, too, and have tried to help them, too. They must really trust us to some degree or they would not have ever come to the US, ever, to try to make peace agreements. To the Palestinians and everyone on their side, it's like we can either be friends with them or with the Israelis, but not both. We believe the Israelis have a right to exist & they are our friends. But we do not understand why we cannot be friends with the Palestinians, too. It isn't fair to blame the US, either, for everything that Israel does or does not do. Really, the Israelis do not need our money near as much as most Arabs/Muslims think they do. Israel is a very successful country. They have many of the top scientists, doctors, etc., in the world. I read an article once about what all Israel had contributed to the world via inventions/discoveries in technology, medicine, etc., in just three months, and it was astonishing, to put it mildly. One was a cure for a long-time disease, but I can't recall now what it was. I have this article on my other computer, but it isn't hooked up at the time. But, anyway, Israel is much less dependent on the US than Arabs/ Muslims could ever dream. They are very successful, too, in agriculture, and are teaching many other countries in these areas. Almost every cent we give to Israel, they have to turn around and spend it in the US, which creates about 50,000 American jobs. So the US definitely gets back, probably even more than we ever give to Israel, both in money and by their many discoveries, inventions, etc. It's a give and take world, you know.
"People see Nasrallah not as a leader of a rag tag milita, because if you want to group all his supporters as criminals that would mean that the majority of people in the Middle East are criminals."
Well, I hate to say it, but this may be the ME's problem, and it is actually what some people in the world are beginning to believe. As I said, Hizbollah is a criminal terrorist group to us because they have kidnapped and killed Americans. It should be obvious to your world that Iran/Syria are trying to build ME dominance. And like I said, if you wish to live under such leaders as the Iranian nutty president and the Taliban, then continue to support these type of people. As for us, and Europe, too, we see them for what they are. The only difference between Europe and the US is our methods. Europe wants to appease them. In other words, kill them with kindness. We have seen this to not work in European countries. The more tolerant and appeasing the people are, the more these Muslim extremists/terrorists have taken over their countries. Take the Swedes, for instance, the most tolerable, appeasing people in the world. Muslim extremists/ terrorists have taken over their 3rd largest city and the Swedes are moving out of their country "in droves" according to a Swedish newspaper. The US thinks the only way for these type of people to respect you is to be as tough as possible. Unfortunately, the world will not let us be as tough as we need to be in order to squash the terrorists...as of today, anyway. From what I have read in their speeches, etc., I agree that the only way to rid the world of terroism is to be brutal monstors, unfortunately. I know some think we are just that, but thus far, we have not even came close to being that. Maybe that's why the ME have so many brutal dictators. Until the majority of the people say enough is enough and start blaming the right people and hold them accountable for their wrongdoings, instead of blaming everyone else, maybe brutal dictators is the only way of keeping peace in any of the countries in the ME. I really hate to say that, and I hope I haven't hurt your feelings or made you mad, but this does seem to be the case. If you appease the terrorists/extremists, they definitely see you as being weak. If you fight them, then pull back because the world screams out that you're being too rough and killing too many civilians, who more than likely are the terrorists themselves, and you have to quit fighting them, they see you as being weak. They scream out to the people, saying, "Hey, look, we made them quit fighting us; we made them back down to us. We can win." And with this, they recruit many others and grow stronger. They have the mindset of the people in ancient times - only respecting those who fight them as dirty and as hard as they fight. This is not in tune to the way the rest of the world's minds work today. However, I think the US realizes what their mindset truly is and what they must do in order to win this war. With political correctness running amok, however, in this day and time, rarely will you ever hear anyone mention this theory.
Sooner or later the Muslim terrorists/extremists are going to screw up big time and do something that is going to wake Europe's and America's far left liberal extremists up, just as the cartoon issue woke many of them up, and we will fight this war as it has to be fought. The reason Europe hates our president is because he was too blunt for them; too politically incorrect for them, because Europe has far more liberal extremists than the US. But it truly will come down to being - you are either with us or against us; you either want to live in a Taliban-style world or you want your individual freedoms. Europe did this very same thing with Hitler. They tried and tried to appease him and lived in denial of his ambitions and how dangerous he truly was going to become. When the lone voice of someone like Churchill tried to warn them about Hitler, they literally called him a warmonger just as they call Bush and Blair today. But because of Europe's attitude, millions more were killed in WWII than would have been had they acted sooner. The US is more of a preventative country. Of course we have made just as many mistakes as any other country & we are no better than anyone else, but we know what has to be done to win this war. We're just waiting for the rest of the world to catch on. Going into Iraq has turned out to be a mistake, which was mostly our president's fault. The idiot should have had a plan after we took Saddam down. But Europe is, once again, living in denial and trying to appease people history has proven you simply cannot appease and they are going to, once again, cause many more deaths in WWIII, which is what I see coming, as do many others. I think that had the Germans and French not had dirty deals going on under the table with Saddam and had gone into Iraq with us, the domino effect of democracy truly would have taken place in the ME. Had the world stuck together, the terrorists could not have recruited more and more terrorists. If the world would put the blame on the terrorists as they should, then the terrorists would not be able to kill Iraqis daily. The Europeans, too, have been very jealous of the US for many years now, which is something most Americans never knew until now. I hate to say that because it makes me sound like I think we are superior to them, but nothing could be further from the truth. Americans have always looked up to the Europeans, thinking of them as our older cousins...which, really, they are...but Europe has been very busy making fun of Americans, saying things like - we have no real culture; we have no history...they forget that their history is ours...we are just a young country and should listen to them because they are much older and wiser; they make fun of how we raise our children...many Europeans have written about how sorry they are for making fun of us raising our children with positive reinforcement after they move here and see the huge positive difference it made in their children after sending them to our schools; they make fun of us for waving our flags...just because the EU has been trying to desensitise them from being so patriotic towards their countries so they will want to all unite under the EU doesn't mean we have to quit being patriotic; they make fun of us because they say we are loud and too friendly, for lack of a negative way of putting it... funny how Europeans pride themselves on accepting people who are different because they come from different cultures, but not us. Europeans can be very snoby & do not like it if you put your hand on their shoulder or even your arm around them or hug them. Americans are much more friendly, personal people, wanting to get to know people better, being much more outgoing; our culture... thought we didn't have culture... is in their face 24/7...well, no one made them want to buy our movies, clothes, music, etc. If there were no demand for our things, they wouldn't be in their faces 24/7; they say we are stupid...I had to wonder where this one came from. It's because some reporter went around asking a bunch of people to find countries on a blank map and only showed the ones who could not. Aside from that, it would be the very same thing if we went over there and asked them to place the US's states on a blank map, which I have found none even know all of our states, let alone be capable of putting them on a blank map. I look at maps all the time, yet if someone gave me a blank map, it would be hard for me to remember where every country belongs, as it would be for anyone else; they claim we do not know a whole lot about the rest of the world... well, I have found them not to know a whole lot about this side of the world, either. Wonder what the difference would be; they make fun of us because most of us do not have passports... skipping from country to country for them is like skipping from state to state for us. We have to go across the ocean to get to another country we need a passport for, so why would we need to keep a passport when we cannot hop, skip, and jump from country to country as they can; they make fun of us because the majority of us still believe in God...they should wipe us off the map for this one, and many other petty things such as these they make fun of us for. They have also had the very erroneous notion that Americans think we're better than anyone else; that we somehow see ourselves as being superior. That is so wrong that I could write a book about it. Most Americans did not even think about us as being the world's only superpower until everyone started saying it after 9/11/01. I know I didn't. But then they turn around and say we should listen to them because they are older and, therefore, wiser. If anything, that sounds pretty arrogant to me.
Anyway, I had to write all of that so you would understand that, obviously, these petty remarks could mean nothing other than they are jealous, which most of them will even admit. Many experts are calling the division you may think you see between the Europeans and Americans right now as nothing other than sibling rivalry. I see them as being right. But most of the European people see the Muslim terrorists/extremists just as much of a danger to the world as Americans. We are only arguing about how to fight terrorism. Therefore, you will see a time when Europe and America will come back together to fight terrorism; unfortunately, the longer we put this uniting and fighting off, the more people will be killed. You see, the world has put fighting the terrorists off for many years now. Had we fought them long ago when they first started killing us, we wouldn't be seeing so many dying today because of this war. The longer you put off a problem, the worse, of course, it becomes. The worse it becomes, the worse it will have to initially become... or seem to become, anyway...when you first begin to finally do something about it. It's as someone else on here said - it's always darkest before the dawn. And here's another one people often say - it sometimes has to get worse before it can get better.
Sorry for such a long email. I just want you to understand. Yes, I didn't know much about Hizbollah before this fight began. I didn't even know much about Muslims/ Islam/terrorists before 9/11/01. One of the few true things Europeans have made fun of Americans over is that we do not pay attention to what's going on in the world...or, we didn't pre-9/11/01, anyway. They say we didn't pay attention because we are arrogant, though, and that isn't true at all, because we haven't even been paying attention to what is happening in our own country, either. However, I have spent at least an average of five hours every single day since 9/11/01...averaging in the days I did not read about all of this with some days spending 10 to 15 hours reading about it. So I am not ignorant about these subjects any longer. I will have to give the Europeans some credit, though, they didn't want to go into Iraq because they knew you guys couldn't get along and become a united democracy. We, however, thought you could. We were wrong and they were right, obviously. The people of Iraq had to want to become a united, democratic country, but the majority only want to fight for all of the power, and then people like you give up way too easily. You should read about how hard our ancestors had to fight for our freedom. A small example: Most of the men in Washington's army didn't even have shoes to wear; just had their feet wraped in cloth; winter came and you could have followed them easily by the blood trail they left from their feet bleeding because they had no shoes. They had lost almost every battle. It was time for his men to go home and the next crew of men to come to duty; yet, these men decided to continue to fight with the new ones that had just came to duty. They had no electricity, barely anything to drink and barely any food, etc. They had it much harder than any Iraqi has it today. But it was fresh on their minds of how they would have to live under dictator-type leaders and corrupt so-called religious people that bent and twisted Christianity, very much like you all will find yourselves living if people like you are going to give up and/or support people like Hizbollah and/or if you do not start blaming people like Hizbollah, Hamas, Al Qaeda, and others that want to rule you very much by the sword, hanging people in public, killing people for simply watching TV, playing a game, women showing an inch of skin, etc., and making them accountable for their wrongdoings. Blame Israel/the US/ the west for whatever wrongs they do; but for God's sake, blame these terrorists/extremists, too, for the many wrongs they do, and get out there, tell your friends and tell them to tell their friends and so on, what is going to happen if you do not all come together to fight these sadistic, power-hungry people. Gather as many people as possible that do not want to live in a Taliban- style country and protest their bombings, their kidnappings, cutting off people's heads, etc. Protest Hizbollah for building an army inside of a sovereign state. It would be the very same thing if Al Qaeda built up an army inside Iraq. Don't try to tell yourselves any different, because there is no difference. Unless, of course, you are a shiite Muslim and you want Iran and Syria to use Iraq & Hizbollah to try to take over the Muslim world, which will also cause a huge war. Try to think about what is best for you, your country, and the countries around you, instead of only doing what you think will be against Israel.
Sorry to be so long. I just can't understand why you and others like you cannot see what is happening right in front of you. I can't understand how you could not see why Israel would be concerned that Hizbollah was building an army and getting ready for a war with Israel someday when they have clearly stated so many times that their goal is to wipe Israel off the map.
One more thing and then I will finally quit. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the entire world feels as what you hear from the people you are constantly around. Think about the total silence of every country in the world but Lebanon, Syria & Iran when Israel first began hitting Hizbollah back really hard. If they hide their rockets, bombs, weapons, etc., in civilian homes, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, as so many Muslim terrorists constantly do, and if you blame the terrorists for doing these things that cause so many civilians to be killed, then they will stop doing it. But as long as you are putting all of the blame on others for the terrorists' actions, they will continue to do these things because they know that putting civilians in harms-way helps them tremendously. So, really, by blaming others, you are to blame, too, for so many civilians being killed. I know why people blame everyone but the terrorists is because they expect much more from the US/Israel/the west and you expect nothing from the terrorists. But this, alone, should tell you something. It should tell you that we are the good guys and the terrorists are the bad guys.
'I can't understand how you could not see why Israel would be concerned that Hizbollah was building an army and getting ready for a war with Israel someday when they have clearly stated so many times that their goal is to wipe Israel off the map.'
The above writer should have/her facts corrected in many places......Hizbollah wants to bring the Lebanese soldiers back, and has a small area of disputed land. They are not = Al Qaeda since to Al Qaeda they are Shi'ites and worse than Jews anyways?!!!
Sami never spoke about that, you turned it into an anti - US/isreali argument......
A view of history: In ancient times the Jewish tribes lived in Palestine. They had towns, farms and a political system. That was disrupted when some Babaloyn King invaded, captured most of the Jews and marched them off across the desert and enslaved them. Occupied their land and claim it today. Give Palestine back to the Jews and leave them alone. All of this political bull shit by Hamas and P.L.O. and other groups is nuts! Insane bastards.
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