ABC senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto appeared on Friday's "Good Morning America" to complain that places such as Abu Ghraib and the Guantanamo Bay detention center are fueling Muslim anger in the Middle East against the U.S. Sciutto, who was promoting his new book on America's enemies in that region, responded to co-host Robin Robert's question about what was causing such Islamic fury by opining, "It's a combination of things. The first one is a sense that their culture, their religion, their land is under assault, by America and that the most pointed examples of that are the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions."
He added that "things like Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, we don't talk about them that much anymore. But people in that part of the world still remember them. And that's a blot on our record that's difficult to get rid of." During the interview, Sciutto seemed willing to simply attribute blame to the United States for such problems, rather than examine the influence radical Islam is having. Roberts contributed mostly bland cliches to the conversation. At one point, she enthused, "We have all gotta find a way to live together in this world." Then later, the ABC host proclaimed, "More time is needed for us all to have a better understanding on one another."
ABC viewers might remember that on the December 12, 2004 edition of "World News," Sciutto fretted about deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's lack of legal counsel:
"One year after his capture, Saddam Hussein’s trial for war crimes, considered the most important since Nuremberg, has yet to hear a single world of testimony....Critics point to several failures: that Saddam has not yet been allowed to meet with a lawyer; that the trial will permit testimony obtained under torture; and that much of the evidence from mass grave sites was not properly preserved or recorded....Saddam waits in his cell, without charge or legal counsel."
– ABC’s Jim Sciutto on the Dec. 12 World News Tonight.
A transcript of the September 12 segment, which aired at 8:42am, follows:
ROBIN ROBERTS: And now, seven years after 9/11, does the Muslim world see us any differently here in the U.S.? Our very own senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto, winner of two Emmys and the prestigious George Polk award, tackles this in his brand-new book. It's entitled "Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World." And I had a chance to talk to Jim, yesterday. Jim, it's a treat to have you here in the studio. Usually, you're via satellite somewhere in the world, because you've traveled extensively, of course. You've reported, it's like, 100 or more assignments from the Muslim world. And in summer of 2005, in your own neighborhood in London, terrorists. Did that help inspire this book?
JIM SCIUTTO: Absolutely. For most of the seven years since 9/11, I've been traveling to all of these countries. Baghdad, to Kabul, to Riyadh. And you're used to hearing in that part of the world this anger against America and particularly from certain people. You interview jihadis. You interview captured al Qaeda operatives, you know what they're going to say. But when I started hearing those kinds of sentiments from average men and women on the street, and even British-born, Muslim teenagers, living down the street from me in Notting Hill, I knew we had a problem. 'Cause I think we have a certain picture we imagine the people who distrust us in that part of the world. You think that they're very religious, that they're angry, that they're uneducated and poor. When, in reality, you hear those kinds of things from people who look just like us. And that's a -- that worried me, as an American traveling in that part of the world.
ROBERTS: And why do they feel that way still, seven years later?
SCIUTTO: It's a combination of things. The first one is a sense that their culture, their religion, their land is under assault, by America and that the most pointed examples of that are the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions. So, things like Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, we don't talk about them that much anymore. But people in that part of the world still remember them. And that's a blot on our record that's difficult to get rid of.
ROBERTS: I was really taken by the story of the 15-year-old girl from Afghanistan, who, you know, before, in the Taliban regime. She couldn't go to school. Now, she can go to school. And she has big dreams right now.
SCIUTTO: Absolutely. And Afghanistan is the one place, in that part of the world where Americans are liked. The majority of the people like America and are in favor of the population. The trouble is that majority is dwindling. It used to be 80 percent Then it was 70 percent. And, I think it's in the 50s now, because people are disappointed. They expected seven years after the invasion, things to be better there. Now, this girl still has hope. I mean, she loves going to school. She's the smartest kid I've ever met in that part of the world. And her dream now, as you'd expect, is to go to college in America. So, she still looks to us for leadership and a place of hope. But she says, she says why am I still worried walking to school in the morning that something's going to blow up? And you can understand that. It was dangerous under the Taliban. She doesn't want the Taliban back. They kept her away from everything that she wanted. But she constantly says to me, when is it going to be better for me and safer, so that I can fulfill those dreams? And I think it's an understandable emotion from someone like that.
ROBERTS: We can't ignore this problem. We have all gotta find a way to live together in this world.
SCIUTTO: Absolutely. Well, seven years ago, it proved to us we, we can't ignore this feeling. And my worry traveling in this part of the world in the last seven years, because of the appeal of that sentiment, is no less today, and in my view, more widespread, that we aren't necessarily safer today. And that worries me because that's -- I want -- this is my city. This is my country. It's where my family lives. It's where I'm going to come home to. I want it to be safer.
ROBERTS: Your family's about to get a little big bigger.
SCIUTTO: It is.
ROBERTS: You are married to our ABC correspondent, Gloria Riviera. And you're expecting a child next month.
SCIUTTO: Due next month. So, this is a small production compared to the real production coming next month.
ROBERTS: That's the one --
SCIUTTO: If I thought I lost sleep on this, I'm going to be losing a heck of a lot more sleep in the next few months.
ROBERTS: I know you want your child to grow up in a world of peace and understanding.
SCIUTTO: Absolutely.
ROBERTS: Jim, thank you.
SCIUTTO: Thank you.
ROBERTS: And we wish Jim and Gloria all the best. More time is needed for us all to have a better understanding on one another. And you can go to ABCNews.com to read an excerpt of Jim's book.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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Ohhh....I see!
September 12, 2008 - 16:12 ET by jkrockoneSo now Afghanistan is an invasion....had to know that one was coming.
We don't talk about Abu Ghraib and Gitmo much any more, hmmm... seems we don't talk much about 9/11 anymore either. It is all so convenient.
"We need in politics men who have something to give, not men who have something to get"- Benard Baruch
Dancing Muslims
September 12, 2008 - 16:16 ET by allanfI guess he forgot about all those Muslims who attacked us on 9/11 and those who rejoiced over the attacks. Were they angry over Abu Ghraib?
"I am outraged and also seething"
September 12, 2008 - 16:21 ET by SickofLibsAnother dhimmi with a book. Who cares?
Why are we fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? We just went over there for sh_ts and grins?
Hey genius, your child is NOT going to "grow up in a world of peace and understanding" as long as islamists are around, and they're not going away. Far from it. Read the koran. The destruction of modern civilization and ALL other religions is their only goal. Except when they're busy hacking each to bits.
idiot
September 12, 2008 - 16:26 ET by rick007What a freaking sleezball. They have hated us because we (are).
Jerks like this need to move to the Middle East .
Democrats and terroists are the same.
They both terroise me.
Despite Robin Roberts attempt
September 12, 2008 - 16:26 ET by IamTinmanDespite Robin Roberts attempt at a KumBaYa moment any one with access to a computer just has to look at the conflicts in the world today and what religions are involved. Mostly Radical Muslims and often Muslim against Muslim.
Abu Graib wasn't the finest moment in military history, but no one died at Abu Graib. No ones head was cut off and the body left to rot in the street. No one was forced to wear an explosive belt and blow themselves up. Prisoners were embarassed yes, ashamed yes, but at the end of the day they still lived and breathed and eventually went home to their families.
Contrast that to Rwanda or Darfur or chechnya and the barbaric acts committed by radical muslims in those countries. It doesn't even come close.
Munich 72'...
September 12, 2008 - 16:33 ET by TeddyRome and Vienna Airports in 85'...the World Trade Center in 93'...
Damn those Gitmo and Abu Ghraib blots! Damn! Damn! Damn!
Help us, won't you, all-knowing, all-telling ABC?
Please show us the way to peace with these people, "he added".
You moral-relativist parasites.
don't forget
September 12, 2008 - 16:58 ET by UndercoverConservativethe USS Cole, and that whole little problem a couple hundred years ago that we had in Tripoli with slavers, and pirates that required the attention of what later became known as the United States Marine Corps.
Muslims were assaulting America since before America even had any effect on worldwide policy.
Oh that's right, Allah grants these wild eyed mullahs with the sight to see the Future....yah right.
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"
Wow Abu and Gitmo fueled 9 11
September 12, 2008 - 16:44 ET by Lame CherryThese Middle East children did not need Gitmo or Abu as they have been running on high octane for all their lives.
They are a historic passionate people always keyed up about something. The old proverb is if a Muslim does not have an enemy to fight they will fight a neighbor and not a neighbor, a brother.
It is the liberals who brought in all those communists into the Middle East who have been preaching hate Americans and Jews so their Islamocommunist governments will not implode in revolution.
As ABC KNOWS that Muslims are always upset, they are fully enabling the violence in their broadcasting stories which make Muslims act out in murder.
So ABC and media used this violence to get Pelosi in control of the house.........ABC then is criminally responsible like Dan Rather for all the dead in Iraq and Afghaninstan after the 900 casualty mark.
All families in the United States who have had loved ones murdered in military or civilian life now have a multi billion dollar class action lawsuit with Scuitto and ABC admitting to what they did.
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I don't give a damn
September 12, 2008 - 16:48 ET by SlicksterAbout any muslim anger, to hell with these cultists and to hell with the MSM that fretts over their made for TV anger.
'cause the Koran tells them to
September 12, 2008 - 17:01 ET by suburbaniteMuslims hate Americans because they're not Muslims. Muslims see Americans as infidels and the Koran requires Muslims to kill infidels.
Muslim hatred of Jews dates
September 12, 2008 - 18:15 ET by cocodrieMuslim hatred of Jews dates back to when Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away. Muhammad came along in 570 AD, put the hatred in writing [the koran] and included Christians with the Jews. This hatred will continue until Jesus returns. There will be no peace until then.
Amen, brother!
September 12, 2008 - 18:36 ET by suburbaniteLike the subject days.
"We have all gotta find a way to live together..."
September 12, 2008 - 19:04 ET by Thalpy"We have all gotta find a way to live together in this world" Why? How? For someone who has had extensive exposure to their culture, Sciutto has managed to remain oblivious to the truth of what he saw. Muslims, throughout their history have, in fact, been assaulting the world, but now it is we who are assaulting them. Sciutto indicates that Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib have placed a blot on our record--with whom? Teddy Kennedy perhaps and all of the other Leftist cronies who despise America, but love Europe.
It doesn't take much to radicalize an Islamic terrorist; they have been after the West for 1400 years, despite all of the protestations from the apologists for Islam--including our own President. Somehow and someway we are going to have to bite the bullet, properly identify our real enemy, and get on with it--or perish. The MSM won't be of any help. They will remain the frivolous class they have been.
Thalpy - my questions
September 12, 2008 - 19:13 ET by HermanoThalpy - my questions exactly! Why? How? Obviously there are people in this country who are weak-minded and weak-willed. This bozo should do the right thing and admit it publically. Then I will think about listening to him - not.
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I didn't even bother reading beyond the headline
September 12, 2008 - 19:09 ET by Indiana JoeNo point. Been there, done that.
So, what made the Muslim a$$holes who pulled off 9-11 so pi$$ed, genius? Or the USS Cole? The barracks in Lebanon? The other bombings that weren't against American targets? C'mon, this is an easy one.
Waiting...
Give up? THEY HATE US AND WANT TO DESTROY US! It's their whole reason for existence! They care about nothing but enslaving the world! Allah akbar! Then, off with your head! Fight, convert, or die. Those are your choices. If you got your head out, you'd see that.
Any questions, dip$hit?
(And these idiots are worried about a Christian from Alaska?)
<edit> And just btw, these toads are NOT "under assault." They're under "counter-assault," you idiot. They assaulted us! You probably think we "assaulted" Japan in WWII.
"... smells like... victory." - Robert Duvall
What a dunce. How does he
September 12, 2008 - 19:10 ET by Clear thinkerWhat a dunce. How does he account for the great Satan hatred prior to these incidents??? I'm certain these people can read, I think it's comprehension that they have trouble with.
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"much of the evidence from
September 12, 2008 - 19:32 ET by ThisnThat"much of the evidence from mass grave sites was not properly preserved or recorded"
That's the fudamental problem with these bonehead liberal types. The fact is, the mass grave sites themselves are the evidence, dunderhead! Typical liberal: Ooooh, you didn't correctly tag the bones from the 100,000 mass-murdered people; therefore, your evidence is inadmissable, and Saddam gets to go free. That's one of the reasons these Islamic fanatics think we are weak and decadent -- because they see this stuff way to often from the MSM and dim polititians.
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So did Abu Ghraib and Gitmo cause this
September 12, 2008 - 19:38 ET by well991992
Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242.
1993
World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York City area.
1995
Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 persons, including several U.S. citizens
Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the U.S. government, and over 40 others.
Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic groups claimed responsibility.
1996
HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens.
Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured 75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens.
West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected.
Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are suspected
1997
Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor damage.
Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and 7 U.S. citizens were wounded.
Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility.
Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded 26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded.
1998
U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible.
2000
Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were suspected.
Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible.
2001
Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June 12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams remained in captivity until June 2002.
Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused over 140 casualties.
HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political headquarters in East Jerusalem.
Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. HAMAS claimed responsibility.
Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not confirm Massoud’s death until September 15.
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism.
Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant Muslim groups were suspected.
Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding 170.
Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a week earlier.
I added the others also even though they arent attacks against Americans.Maybe they can explain those attacks also.
Wow, comprehensive list, well99!
September 12, 2008 - 20:32 ET by Indiana JoeThat's what I meant about attacks against other targets in my post above. Couldn't begin to put a list like that together.
These idiots don't realize, the radical Islamists have world conquest on the brain at least as much as Stalin or Hitler did. America is a major target because we're the major impediment to achieving that result. Same as then.
And they have a much more effective way of going about it. And they must be stopped!
"... smells like... victory." - Robert Duvall
IJ
September 12, 2008 - 21:27 ET by well99That is it.They will use whatever means to do it.
O'Reilly
September 12, 2008 - 20:46 ET by jaywlBill O did a very good job tonight on the boy. He had to let him speak his piece and shill the book. But, in the end Bill told it like it is: a thousand years of hate, hate of the Jews, hate-filled people that will not take responsibility for killers among them. I didn't watch GMA, don't want to, don't need to. I know they and other kiss up entertainment shows like it (Did Couric interview him yet?) will have the host nod their head, say umm, and hope the USA will wake up in time.
M&M
September 12, 2008 - 21:45 ET by KathryneWhat (M&M) Marshall Mathers...
Fuck me and fuck you too, he said. Bill O'reailly said the same in an interview at a time when he had hair. (No offense, Bill, I love you just the way you are at age 73.)
Mr. Mathers was hit my America - He was the first in a long time to stick up for the American dream. He is the American dream. He made a fortune with is "rhetoric". I hope that he knows that he has done so much and can do so much more for the people he influenced...all positive When he was famous, he influenced. The people he influenced were young then, as was Mr. Mathers, slim shady. Most of all, everything that he had been through helped so many. They watched him and they learned.
I thank you, Mr. Mathers (if your name isn't spelled corectly, I don't give a rats ass..., frankly...
Honestly, where did you go? You are still needed...albiet, in a more mature way.
what?
September 12, 2008 - 22:21 ET by jaywlI don't know who or what you are, but get a grip. Frankly, most posters here can say exactly what they want to say with using fuck or fucking. We are all gentle, thoughtful people. Rarely would we raise our voice in a disagreement about the lying no-good bastard pimps employed by the suckface MSM. I hope you find your Mr. Mather and, well, do whatever it is you wish to do to him.
Sciutto
September 12, 2008 - 22:58 ET by clarkkent837Sciutto was on WLW in Cincinnati this morning for a quickie 2 minute interview. It was 2 minutes of America is evil, America is to blame for all ills blah,blah,blah. Can someone help me get two minutes of my life back??
I'm curious....
September 13, 2008 - 03:35 ET by dlwoltmannIf the Muslim "World" is so concerned about how they are being treated in places like Abu Gharib and Guantanamo, how do they feel about american hostages being beheaded on TV and flying planes into the WTC? At least when they leave captivity from the US, they are alive. I can;t remeber the last time when and American was released from Muslim captivity Alive.
Yeah, this guy does not
September 13, 2008 - 08:51 ET by BDYeah, this guy does not understand the nature of the conflict.
He, like Michael Scheuer, a former CIA analyst who headed the counterterrorism unit dedicated to tracking Usama bin Laden fundamentally misses the issue.
THey assume that the arabic Islamic fascist Terrorists hate us because of our policies, specifically regarding the creation of Israel.
THis is specious liberal clap trap.
TOdays islamic fascist terrorrist is simply following in the footsteps of a host of islamic fascist terrorist groups like the Muslim brotherhood which predate the creation of the state of Israel.
THe Islamic Fascist terrorists are involved in a culture war that goes back over a thousand years. It is based on the belief that an islamic culture MUST be ascendant and controlling of all others.
THe fact that islam has devolved the region from which it sprang into a backwater by discouraging modernization and progress. THis angers those who become islamic fascists who essentially "Double Down on their culture."
THis is the nature of the conflict.
Another piece of muslim sympathizer bullcrap!
September 13, 2008 - 09:23 ET by goldenthroat"The first one is a sense that their culture, their religion, their land is under assault, by America and their most pointed examples of that are the Iraq and Afganistan invasions...and that's a blot on our record that's difficult to get rid of."
What is this moron? An Al-Qaida sympathizer? We just observed 9/11 which killed 3,000 of our own in the most vicious attack on America to date - and jackasses like this in the American media want to say it was our fault that we were attacked?
This is exactly what Osama Bama's World Appeasement Tour was all about - just like in the old sci/fi movies, it was an attitude of "maybe we can communicate with them" and then they were blown to smithereens.
And then Robin Robinowitz says "I know you want your child to grow up in a world of peace and understanding."
Aw, how sweet, Robin! Why don't you just run for Miss America?
Someone hand me a bottle of bromo and a barf bag - I think I'm going to be nauseous.
"The suns' not going down, the horizon's moving up!" - Firesign Theatre
The first one is a sense
September 13, 2008 - 09:45 ET by BDThe first one is a sense that their culture, their religion, their land is under assault, by America and their most pointed examples of that are the Iraq and Afganistan invasions...and that's a blot on our record that's difficult to get rid of."
Did I read that right?
September 13, 2008 - 15:33 ET by JWFSo, things like Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, we don't talk about them that much anymore. But people in that part of the world still remember them. And that's a blot on our record that's difficult to get rid of.
So, things like 9/11 and Beirut Marine Baracks and Riyadh and the embassy bombings and Robert Stedham and Leon Klinghoffer and the German Disco bombings and Pan Am 103 and the Uss Cole and William Buckley and the Iran Hostages, we don't take about them that much anymore. And that's a blot on their record that's difficult to get rid of.