May be that is what we should do, drop a few oversized bombs on Mecca, and tell the angry Moslems to stop harrasing the Jews.
Second, a common theme of the Kuwaiti displeasure toward us is apparently the murderous Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We can put aside all the thorny issues involving the West Bank and focus on just one event. In 1990 Mr. Arafat, with apparent support from the Palestinian people, and seconded by the monarchy in Jordan, quite vocally backed the Iraqi destruction of Kuwait. As I recall, Arafat was captured on television kissing Mr. Hussein after the latter's dismemberment of Kuwait. In other words, the very peoples that the Kuwaitis now express solidarity with just a few years ago were celebrating their own demise.
Nor should we forget that in turn, upon liberation of Kuwait, many Palestinians were forcibly evicted from the entire sheikdom. So let us pause for a moment and sort out the astounding facts and zany logic of Iraqis kicking out Kuwaitis kicking out Palestinians: (1) we intervened in the Gulf to save the Kuwaiti nation from serfdom; (2) whereas the Palestinians cheered on news that Kuwait was dissolved; (3) and the Kuwaitis now express dislike toward America over our own purported lack of sympathy for the Palestinian people! We give over 100 million dollars a year to Mr. Arafat. We ignore reports that Palestinians were cheering on news of 3,000 murdered Americans. And we welcome Palestinian students to our shores. In contrast, the Kuwaitis once ethnically cleansed their country of Palestinians — and the Kuwaitis now express hatred toward America over our treatment of Palestine!
That is surreal!
Could this be part of the problem?
Anti-Americanism blamed on college teachers
Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies,.....Or... Joe McCarthy was more right than he ever knew
Before we Nuke Kuwait. Maybe we should clean our own yard up first.
Oh, they don't want to fight - us, or anyone else. One of the most memorable images of the Gulf War (for me) was an interview conducted in a nightclub district in, I believe, Egypt...a convertible full of young Kuwaiti men partying down (illegally drunk, but that's another issue) while our troops were taking fire in their own country. The astonished reporter asked them if they intended to sign up to retake Kuwait, and their reply was a disdainful "no way."
This is not an egalatarian society. A very great deal of money has passed into the hands of a relatively few people, and with that comes (1) a sense of entitlement, (2) a resentment toward the source, and (3) a feeling of superiority undercut by the knowledge that it is unearned. This is not a healthy combination to raise a child in, much less an entire generation.
This is not to say that all Kuwaitis have the spoiled-children syndrome. I met a Kuwaiti A4 pilot who got out before the Iraqi army rolled in, and he had as deep a dedication to duty and country as any American military member. Unfortunately, that sense of obligation seems to be in a minority, but it is unjust not to admit that it exists.
Great essay from Hanson.
Perhaps next time we should encourage a new and free Iraq to ignite a chain reaction of democratic revolution in the Gulf — and let the sheiks deal with reformers who seek not to take their oil, but to oust them altogether.
This idea has a lot of merit.
It would be nice to win this war with as little bloodshed as possible, especially our own. That means formal warfare against as few of them as possible, and taking the rest of them on one at time, if possible.
However, we must eliminate the long-term threat from ALL of them, even the ones we do not fight now. Somehow, civilized governments must be created.
This isn't the tune they were singing when we put a quick end to their women being raped and the men being killed and tortured. They were some American flag waving prostitutes then. Leave em for the dogs to eat.
After reading this what do people want from the Jews in Israel? Are these people capable of an honest relationship with infidels? If Palestinians who were once Kuwaiti traitors become blood brothers and can generate incredible levels of rage, what would await the Jews if they really made a peace treaty with these Muslims.
They have done us a great favor. They have clearly identified that our nation is at war with MAINSTREAM Islam (Sorry, Mr. Bush). We better take them at their word.
Today is the day to liberate the world for Western Civilization, tommorrow may be too late.
We Must Have Moshiach NOW!!!!