Tom Friedman had an especially fatuous column in Sunday's New York Times, which is saying something given his well-established capacity for smug self-assurance. According to Friedman, the big challenge we face in the Arab and Islamic world is "the Narrative" -- his patronizing term for Muslim views about America's supposedly negative role in the region. If Muslims weren't so irrational, he thinks, they would recognize that "U.S. foreign policy has been largely dedicated to rescuing Muslims or trying to help free them from tyranny." He concedes that we made a few mistakes here and there (such as at Abu Ghraib), but the real problem is all those anti-American fairy tales that Muslims tell each other to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions.
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I don't see how you'll ever whip the Jews, if you can stand up to an un-armed American Jingo.
ReplyDeleteNo link, TGIA.
ReplyDeleteHere it is: http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/30/why_they_hate_us_ii_how_many_muslims_has_the_us_killed_in_the_past_30_years
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's fixed.
ReplyDeleteI think his estimates are conservative.
ReplyDeleteThey hate us for our freedoms! Not our illegal invasions, brutal sanctions, and murderous imperialism, and certainly not for our tendency to launch unprovoked attacks on them, massacre their civilians, and support the racist rogue regime that ethnically cleanses many of them, but because of our freedoms, DANG IT.
ReplyDeleteHey, adam dude! You obviously didn't read the article where stats are displayed..but if you have any better or more accurate statistics, your welcome to post them here. If not, well, you're just..You see what I mean, idiot , don't you?
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