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Appeasement and the West
front page magazine ^ | 06 march 2006 | Phyllis Chesler

Posted on 03/06/2006 4:03:54 AM PST by unionblue83

Today, reality outpaces fiction. The truth is often linguistically reversed before our very eyes: Even as we see Muslim jihadic terrorists blow up civilians we are simultaneously told that the victims are not those who have just been murdered, that the perpetrators of violence are the true victims. Our daily lives have become Orwellian.

The Palestinian intifada of 2000 against Israel started with and maintains genocidal intent. President Ahmadinezhad of Iran has threatened to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons, and the international community (the United Nations, the European Union, the Quartet) has made no significant effort to stop him. In my view, he, like Hitler, means what he says; he should be taken very seriously; and he should be stopped before it is too late.

We all remember what happened when Neville Chamberlain returned from Berlin in 1938 with that infamous piece of paper in his hand. Despite five years of Nazi malevolence, the free world thought it could appease the German dictator. We all know what happened next.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: islam; waronterror

1 posted on 03/06/2006 4:03:55 AM PST by unionblue83
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To: unionblue83

In this day and time, We can take no one for granted. Remember 9-11!


2 posted on 03/06/2006 4:20:52 AM PST by wolfcreek
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To: unionblue83
My friends, the clock is ticking. By my reckoning, it is now 1940-1941 all over again.

Very good article. I often feel like an alarmist for sharing her point of view, but when it is set out realistically, point by point, as she has done in her article, it is not hard to see that there is cause for alarm. I know Bush is trying to seek out the supposedly moderate Muslims, countries like the UAE, and form alliances with them that will supposedly serve to tone down the radicals. But I feel less confident about this every day; or, shall we say, I would feel better about his strategy if I felt that we were also developing a strong worst-case response scenario. Instead, I think we're all being lulled back to sleep and when the attack comes, it's going to be really devastating.

But then, maybe I'm just an alarmist.

3 posted on 03/06/2006 4:34:42 AM PST by livius
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