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They hate us because we're right
New Jersey Star-Ledger ^ | March 7, 2002 | Paul Mulshine

Posted on 03/07/2002 4:27:02 PM PST by Mulder

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:37:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

After that poll came out the other day showing that a mere 22 percent of the people in Muslim countries have a favorable attitude toward America, we were subjected to the usual hand-wringing about what we Americans must do to make ourselves loved by the rest of the world.


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TOPICS: Editorial; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: clashofcivilizatio
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1 posted on 03/07/2002 4:27:02 PM PST by Mulder
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To: Mulder

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2 posted on 03/07/2002 4:28:08 PM PST by theophilusscribe
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To: Mulder
Good article, and a concise explanation which will not be accepted by the pacifists, the leftists, and the terminally clueless, but nevertheless is true.
3 posted on 03/07/2002 4:31:00 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Mulder
Freedom in both expression and economics seems to be the formula for prosperity.

Freedom bump. Just because certain people hate us for certain policies doesn't make those policies wrong: The Nazis had a distaste for American democracy. Therefore, they tried to screw with us. We killed them.

4 posted on 03/07/2002 4:33:00 PM PST by Thane_Banquo
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To: Mulder
I don't like THEM. I don't like the way they treat their women, I don't like the way they treat their fellow citizens in general. Do my feelings allow ME to fly a jet into one of their buildings? Would my feelings JUSTIFY that action? After all.....my feelings are just as strong as theirs. The fact that they HAVE no large buildings, not withstanding.
5 posted on 03/07/2002 4:34:48 PM PST by Puppage
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To: Miss Marple
Kinda like the Israel problem. We are told that if the Israelis went back to the 1967 borders, peace would come, even though there wasn't peace in 1967. I am anti-concession. They Amaerica haters will just have to get over it. I also wish my gov't would quit admitting people from these countries. If they don't like us in the mid east, they won't like us when they move to the US either.
6 posted on 03/07/2002 4:38:06 PM PST by umgud
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To: Mulder
Muslims are trouble where ever they are, Balkans, Phillipnes, Indonesia Africa and where they are in the majority the minorities suffer, mainly christians
7 posted on 03/07/2002 4:40:45 PM PST by uncbob
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To: Puppage
Do my feelings allow ME to fly a jet into one of their buildings?

Probably not and it's a good thing. You'd have to be one heck of a pilot to hit one of those mud huts.

8 posted on 03/07/2002 4:42:14 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999
LOL
9 posted on 03/07/2002 4:44:41 PM PST by Puppage
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To: Mulder
Thank you Paul Mulshine.

Every other day, it seems, there is another "Why they hate us" article driveling the same we're rich-their poor, it's our fault-they are victims venom.

We are what we are, thanks to our Founding Fathers who gave us the foundations of freedom and liberty, to our forefathers (and foremothers--pc, ya know) who settled and developed the land, to all those brave military and non-military heroes who fought to keep our freedom.

Seems we even have a few former Presidents who spread that same venomous "hate us" rhetoric.

Hopefully, Sept. 11 awakened us to our greatness and blessings as a Nation. And may we stand proud. To do otherwise would be to dishonor the Founding Fathers, the forefathers/mothers, our selves, our children, and future generations of Americans.
10 posted on 03/07/2002 4:46:34 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Mulder; *Clash of Civilizatio
This is a real problem. Either we have to change or they have to change. I vote for them.

Bump.

11 posted on 03/07/2002 4:49:36 PM PST by denydenydeny
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To: denydenydeny
I vote for them.

on any kind of ballot

12 posted on 03/07/2002 4:54:01 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: uncbob
Muslims are trouble where ever they are, Balkans, Phillipnes, Indonesia Africa and where they are in the majority the minorities suffer, mainly christians

And how soon is forgotten the fact that Clinton tilted us strongly in favor of the Muslims---and against the Christians--in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Fat lot of good that did us as far as improving our popularity ratings with the Muslim world.

13 posted on 03/07/2002 4:58:07 PM PST by 07055
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14 posted on 03/07/2002 5:02:36 PM PST by grammymoon
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To: 07055
Yes. Maybe it's time to pull the struts out from under Kosovo and Bosnia.
15 posted on 03/07/2002 5:06:04 PM PST by Ukiapah Heep
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To: Mulder
"Americans on both the right and left tend to have so thoroughly accepted our concept of individual rights that they are incapable of conceiving of any other system."

Bubble bursting time: The left is more into GROUP rights than individual rights. Carry on.

16 posted on 03/07/2002 5:10:02 PM PST by A Navy Vet
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To: Mulder
bump for being right, both factually and politically.
17 posted on 03/07/2002 5:15:14 PM PST by fineright
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To: TomGuy
Every other day, it seems, there is another "Why they hate us" article driveling the same we're rich-their poor, it's our fault-they are victims venom.

This claim has always baffled me. Where is Bin Laden from? Where do most of his followers come from?

Saudi Arabia.

Since when is Saudi Arabia a poor country? If they are running out of money its only because they have squandered their oil riches.

Their real problem is that their religion keeps them mired in Medieval Times.

18 posted on 03/07/2002 5:16:40 PM PST by 07055
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To: Miss Marple
Won't be accepted by Pat Buchanan either. He's on James Zogby's side, against America.
19 posted on 03/07/2002 5:17:29 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Mulder
The apparently wrong-headed attitude of the Muslim masses is not something for us to wish away, or try to coax them out of by accommodating to their whims. It does not work with a four-year-old child, and it will not work with those who have demonstrated a closed mind on the subject.

What works is an uncompromising stand for the rightness of our cause. The four-year-old does not possess the necessary judgment to present a convincing argument, but they do understand stern measures. The child may not like it, there may even be loud objections, but eventually the child's will is simply overwhelmed, if only because you are bigger and carry a much larger reservoir of determination. Likewise, the Muslim masses may object to our greater strength, but ultimately they too, submit. They may never love us, but they d*amned sure will respect us. And Respect beats Love as a moral imperative by a factor of about ten times.

20 posted on 03/07/2002 5:24:43 PM PST by alloysteel
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