I follow your posts, and I don't think we disagree on policy much. But I don't think it is true that the author's opinions represent a majority of Arab or Muslim opinion. They are a minority, according to any source with which I am familiar.
Good voices in the wilderness should be recognized as such.
I've got a couple of hunderd links to Muslims some good, some suspect) saying similar things.
They are out there, you just need to look.
I follow your posts, and I don't think we disagree on policy much.
Agree. (and now my head is swelling up) :-)
We see these polls on all manner of subjects foreign & domistic and site and sing the praises of those that validate what we beleive is true and rail against those that don't, and I'm as guilty as anyone.
But I don't think it is true that the author's opinions represent a majority of Arab or Muslim opinion.
Something I read a while ago the writer pointed out that people living inthe Arab world are very good at saying the right (government approved) things to pollsters or any stranger asking the kind of questions being asked, if the don't answer correctly...well things do not go well with them.