Submitted by Yuval Brandstetter MD(Israel), Nov 11, 2007 at 16:29
No American effort at making life better for Arabs is appreciated. They either regard it as their due from the Kaffirs, or they regard it as an affront suggesting Islam does not have the perfect answer for every problem. The only country that truly apprieciates the USA in this region is the one that shares the same values, and the same misconceptions, the same exuberance to do good, and the same disappointment when good intentions run afoul of Islamist ideology, is ISRAEL.
Shucks, Israel is not oil rich, so for the time being the State Department will always suck up to Arabs rather than return in kind Israel's appreciation. Whn oil runs out, ot when the USA Green Machine rejects all oil imports, then the whole State department misconceptions will be seen for what they are, and like-minded nations appreciated. that is if a Nuclear holocaust is not unleashed due to SD intransigent stupidity.
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