Hi Rasheed:
> Platt,
>
> I do not believe attacks on Israeli civilians are in any way moral and I
> don't know how you would think I do. I merely said that US foreign policy
> should be less biased towards Israel and more concerned with bringing a
> lasting peace in the area (very vague, i know).
Thanks for clarifying your position. Then we agree that there is no
justification for terrorism under any circumstances. Is that not so?
> In response to your second statement, I was under the belief that the US kept
> the repressive Saudi royal family in power.
It is my impression that there is no group within Saudi Arabia of
reasonable size or strength that wants to overthrow the kingdom other
than the Taliban. Do you know of a group of freedom fighters the U.S.
should support?
> Lastly, I'm sick of arguing on this list about the fact that Muslims are
> peace-loving people and that there are thousands of Muslim families who love
> this country (mine included). And I'm aware of Muslim terrorist
> organizations in this country who want to overthrow the government or
> whatever. I also know of radical Christian organizations that want to rid
> the country of African Americans and accomplish other ridiculous goals. I
> can send you a link to the Aryan Nation webpage, but I'm sure you wouldn't
> want to waste your time. When you hear on the news that the KKK has bombed
> some church on done some other horrible act, does anyone even think about
> associating them with Christianity? Even though they use a flaming cross as
> a symbol during their lynchings? No, because we all know that they're a pack
> of ignorant cretins who don't know the first thing about Christianity. It's
> time for people to realize that the same thing holds true for Islamic
> radicals.
Your point is well taken. No doubt under the banner of Christianity
horrible acts have been done. Fortunately, the numbers of Americans
involved with the Aryan Nation and the KKK are few and far between.
Unfortunately, the number of Muslims sympathetic to Bin Laden and
his merry men is comparatively astounding. On the Internet this
morning from the Sunday-Times comes a survey of the Muslim
community in Britain that " . . . shows 40 percent believe Bin Landen
has cause to wage war against America and a similar proportion say
Britons who choose to go to fight alongside the Taliban are right to do
so. Of British Muslims " . . . only 11 percent believe there was some
justification for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon." You can find the report on the survey at:
http://www.sunday-
times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stiusausa01025.html
I know you are not among those who think there was some justification
for the attacks. My point is simply that there are a relatively large group
of Muslims in Britain and the U.S. who apparently do not agree with you
and who may ( I emphasize "may") pose a threat to freedom and
democracy.
Platt
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