Posted on 10/01/2005 12:18:15 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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ARE ARABS ANTI-AMERICAN?
An Excerpt: By AMIR TAHERI
PRESIDENT Bush's "image queen," Karen Hughes, is on a tour of Arab countries, where conventional wisdom claims that anti-Americanism is second nature. Hughes, now in charge of public diplomacy at the State Department, plainly she shares that analysis — why else choose the Arab region for her maiden voyage?
But how true is that claim? Are Arabs the most anti-American people on earth? READ MORE
- Iran Press News reported that Hadad Adel, the Director of the Parliament of the Islamic regime, said: If we are forced to surrender to the international scene's blackmail [this time], who knows how far the blackmailing and impositions will go.
- Iran Press News
reported that an exhibition entitled "Iran's Science" which was planned to be opened in the Palais des Decouvertes in Paris, was suddenly and unexpectedly cancelled.
- Iran Press News reported that Aladin Boroujerdi, the Director of Islamic Parliamentary's commission on security and foreign affairs said: In the face of the regime's nuclear dossier's referral to the Security Council, it is impossible to expect that China and Russia to veto and opt out of a their relations with the west...
- Iran Press News reported that a Friday prayer leader said: European governments have shown us [with their recent actions] that they're nothing more than a bunch of delivery boys for the Americans.
- Outlook India reported that the US took the "unusual step" of sharing highly classified intelligence data on Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear-capable missile to secure India's support for the IAEA resolution against Tehran's controversial atomic program.
- Michael Rubin, Ha'aretz asked: Who Killed the Bush Doctrine?
One example: Condolezza Rice appointed an ExxonMobil advisor who advised against aiding dissidents to cover the State Department's Iran policy planning portfolio.
- Bill Samii, Radio Free Europe reported Iran's Basij Resistance Force appears to be experiencing a revival which could also be connected with preparations for possible civil unrest. A valuable report.
- Vivienne Walt, Slate discussed her personal observation from inside of Iran and argued, Why America is Powerless to Stop Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions.
- Canoe News reported that NASA's top official said that the future of U.S participation in Russian space flights is in doubt due to a congressional measure that aims to punish countries that co-operate with Iran.
- IranMania reported that Deputy Syrian Prime Minister Abdullah al-Dardari praised Iran's firm and logical diplomacy regarding its peaceful nuclear policies.
- Voice of America News reported that White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that the IAEA resolution put Iran on notice that "it is time to come clean."
- Reuters reported that former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iran's nuclear impasse could be resolved through diplomacy not confrontation.
- The Washington Times reported that three senior Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum warned that the U.S. and its allies must act to stop Iran's nuclear programs -- by force if necessary -- because conventional diplomacy will not work.
- Tehran Times reported that Ayatollah Shahrudi called on the authorities to provide the Judiciary with a list of students kept in prisons immediately to free them or grant leave of absence to them.
- Iranian.ws reported that Judiciary Chief mullah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi referring to Europeans' conduct regarding Iran's nuclear dossier, said the: EU should bear in mind if its conduct would lead to depriving Iran of its natural rights it would definitely have negative effects on our mutual ties.
- Iran Focus reported that Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called for a “decisive” crackdown on “trouble-makers”, a term commonly used by authorities to refer to dissidents or ordinary Iranians deemed to act un-Islamic ways.
- Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said that referral of Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council is unlikely.
- And finally, The Hindu reported that intense US pressure didn't prompt India to support the resolution that has placed Iran on the verge of referral to the U.N. Security Council, India's ambassador to the United States said.
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Our very own liberals are the most anti-Americans on this planet and they do seem to have much company.
Is the Pope German? : )
Are Arabs anti-American? That's a racist thing to say, making a generalization about all Arabs.
Likewise if one asks if Muslims are anti-American.
In June of 1945, your average German or Japanese citizen was very much anti-American. With good reason- our country had been just been at war with the Axis powers, and the devestation we wrought made Hurricane Katrina look like a Sunday school picnic.
But the end result was that, whether they appreciated it or not, the (West) Germans and Japanese had been liberated from bloodthirsty dictatorships. Functioning democracies were established in both countries.
Each country has enjoyed sixty years of peace and prosperity thanks to the USA.
I want the same type of "tough love", "strong medicine" or whatever you want to call it dispensed throughout the Arab and Muslim world. Peace, freedom and prospertiy whether they want it or not!
Arabs are anti everything!
Of course Arabs in general are anti American.
You can read what their media says at:
http://www.memri.org/middleeast.html
Not all Arabs are Islamic, but all Islamic's are anti-American, anti-democracy according to their own, so called, "scholars".
Which begs the question, why are Islamics allowed to imigrate here?
Not necessarily. However, many Muslims are anti-Christian. Therefore, since most Arab nations are made up of Muslims, and the US is based on Christian principles, many citizens of Arab nations have anti-American backgrounds. This can lead to the apparent generalization in your question
Well the Lebanese are not anti-American. Neither are a majority of the Iranians.
Exactly. Its not Arabs (or Persians which the majority of the Iranians are). Its Islamists.
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