Pitchfork Pat: "For it has been Israel's behavior, and uncritical U.S. support for that behavior, that produced this victory for Hamas."It was US behavior which produced the Moslem Arab hijackers who mass murdered thousands on 9/11/2001. And journalistic behavior (Mohammed cartoons) which caused the reaction in the Moslem world. And the pre-WWII behavior of the Jews which caused Hitler to start the Holocaust.
Church to remove Moor-slayer saintA statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed to avoid causing offence to Muslims... Among the reasons for the move is to avoid upsetting the "sensitivities of other ethnic groups". The statue of St James "the Moor-slayer" is expected to be replaced by one depicting the calmer image of St James "the Pilgrim", by the same 18th century artist, Jose Gambino. The Saracen-slaying image of St James, or Santiago in Spanish, is a symbol of the fight between Christianity and Islam and the reconquest of Spain from eight centuries of Moorish rule before 1492. The saint is said to have appeared to Christian troops fighting Moorish army at the Battle of Clavijo in 844, the crusaders rallying to the cry of "Santiago y cierra Espana" - "St James, we will reconquer Spain"... Cathedral authorities insist the timing of the decision has nothing to do with the 11 March bombings in Madrid, which an Islamic group is alleged to have carried out.
Posted on 05/03/2004 5:52:51 PM EDT by swilhelm73
Bush has said over and over, ad nauseum that it would be "long and difficult." Some people, like Buchanan are wilfully, obstinately, ignorant.