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What Silences the 'Arab Street'? U.S. Power
Newsday ^
| December 3, 2001
| Charles Krauthammer
Posted on 12/03/2001 2:09:09 AM PST by sarcasm
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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HUNDREDS of holy warriors lie dead in a prison near Mazar-e Sharif. Ramadan is violated by the hail of American bombs. Infidel Americans land in force on Muslim soil near Kandahar.
Just weeks ago the Mideast experts were warning that such violations of Islamic sensibilities would cause an explosion of anti-Americanism. Where then is the vaunted "Arab street," the pro-Osama demonstrations, the anti- American riots? Where are the seething masses rising up against America and its nominal allies from Egypt to Pakistan? Nowhere to be seen. Bin Laden T-shirts are going begging in Peshawar. The street is silent.
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posted on
12/03/2001 2:09:09 AM PST
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sarcasm
To: sarcasm
BUMP
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posted on
12/03/2001 2:17:02 AM PST
by
nopardons
To: sarcasm
.... amplified over eight years by the Clinton administration's empty gestures and demonstrable impotence in the face of Islamic terror....Are they finally getting it??
To: nopardons
The Taliban's collapse shattered two myths: Islamic invincibility and American weakness - myths amplified over eight years by the Clinton administration's empty gestures and demonstrable impotence in the face of Islamic terror. THE CULPABILITY OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
To: sarcasm
Newsday is the New York tabloid for those so left-wing they think New York Times is too right-wing. Absolutely amazing.
To: sarcasm
BINGO!, Take the low hanging fruit first. Let Saddam sweat it out for a couple of more months. Silence the ragheads!!!
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posted on
12/03/2001 4:13:07 AM PST
by
robudd2
To: Shenandoah
The Taliban's collapse shattered two myths: Islamic invincibility and American weakness - myths amplified over eight years by the Clinton administration's empty gestures and demonstrable impotence in the face of Islamic terror. Oh, I would'nt say that every gesture was empty. Klinton did pardon FALN terrorists and 60's radical terrorists like the SLA and Weathermen before he left office.
To: sarcasm
Now is the time to go for the low hanging fruit: giving the Philippines assistance in crushing their own al-Qaida guerrillas. Telling the thugs running Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen to cease and desist. And then on to Iraq. The experts are already warning us that we dare not, lest the Arab street rise against us. They never learn. Let's not forget about Somalia...
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posted on
12/03/2001 4:38:58 AM PST
by
frossca
To: Rubber Duckie
Krauthammer is syndicated, and no where near left wing. That Newsday picks up his column is odd, though.
To: Rubber Duckie
" Newsday is the New York tabloid for those so left wing the NYT looks right wing"
Truer words are rarely heard. Newsday has an editorial board member who called Bush a chicken hawk who had no right to wear a Screaming Eagle jacket when he spoke to the 101.The paper is also one of the meanest purveyors of anti Catholic opinion in the nation. So bad in fact that Eleanor Roosevelt would be very comfortable reading it were she alive today. And I'm sure Hillary is very comfortable sitting down with it each day.
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