[Sabertooth]

"...while both Nazi and the Arab/Muslim anti-Semites have used closed societies with their controlled press to promote horrific lies about Jews, the Nazis hid their murder of Jews from the German public. They did not have confidence that enough Germans would support the murder of Jewish men, women and children. The Arab/Muslim anti-Semites, however, have no such problem. Those who kill Jews in Israel are public celebrities.

Palestinian Children

Caution: Explosive

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[Victoria Delsoul]

One reason is that Third World evil is rarely taken seriously among Western elites. A second reason is the psychological and political need of Westerners to believe that Islamic societies are, with the exception of "a few extremists," tolerant societies. And the third reason is that Arab/Muslim anti-Semitism is dismissed as a temporary phenomenon that will disappear when Israelis and Palestinians make peace. But this belief inverts reality. The lack of peace between the Jewish state and its neighbors is not the cause of Arab anti-Semitism, it is the result of that anti-Semitism. Since 1948,there has been one reason for the Arab-Israeli conflict - the Arab/Muslim world rejects the concept of a Jewish (or any non-Muslim) state in its midst.

There is simply no place in the Muslim world to express dissent. Political freedom and all thought are outlawed, and brute suppression is the norm. In such circumstances, violence is seen as the only way of expressing dissent. Without political freedom, open debate, and the liberation of society to be civil, plural and humane the struggle against violence in the Muslim world will only increase with much more severe consequences. Instead of progressing with the rest of world, Islam has made them into unethical under-developed backward countries.

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[mrustow]

Growlback.

Thanks for the growl, Sabe. I first encountered Dennis Prager as a frequent guest of Tom Snyder's TV show. I now see that he writes as well as he speaks.