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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
I'm sure those people dancing in the streets of Iraq today might do.
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I'll bet the 11 Afghan civilians killed today were dancing a year ago, as well. But I digress....
Doesn't it make sense that a scholar in Egypt
wouldn't denounce an Egyptian regime that you yourself said is in all actuality oppressive and intolerant...? Isn't there a degree of relativity, in other words, a comparison between what an Eqyptian "democrat" can freely say, and what an American one can...?
This doesn't even seem to be the point. You can trash him and disagree with him all you like, that's not the point of the article, or the thread. I feel its purpose was show certain sentiments by the Arab community. This is a man who is a raging liberal compared to Saddam Hussein and others, yet even he is critical. That doesn't necessariliy mean that he's right, or that he's righteous, like you have tried to turn the claim into. I think it says that there is a good possibility that regardless of whatever fruitful, humanitarian sucess stories come out of the Iraqi invasion, a lot of Arab sentiment may become negative and hostile.
Now, you can say "so what?", they don't matter, most Arabs like America, want freedom, etc., I'm not even doubting that. All I'm saying is it only took a small network of Arabs to commit the crime of 9/11, and invading Iraq and establishing a permanent presence there might create hostility that surpasses even the kind at the root of 9/11.
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