10 Litmus tests for people I don't quite trust in Middle Eastern affairs

Submitted by rick (United States), Sep 11, 2006 at 16:56

1. Anyone who refers to Islam as " a religion of peace" and that includes Bush. It is not only wrong today but has been wrong throughout history. The only "peace" Islam aspires to is one where everyone is either Muslim or understands their dhimmi role as they should. I suspect all people who force this "religion og peace' upon us.

2. Anyone who refuses to call a terrorist "a terrorist" because he is blowing up Jews and not someone else. This includes most of the liberal media such as the NY Times which I haven't read in 3 years- than you Wall Street Journal and NY Sun for being there. Words like militant, gunman, insurgent, etc.are all phoney euphemisms that display cowardice, suicide by being politically correct and probably anti-semitism.

3. Anyone who talks about "root causes" and then goes on to deride the United States while avoiding root causes such as Islamic racism, Islamic misogyny, Islamic scorn for freedom of any kind, Islamic intolerance of the "other" especially Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, etc., a population in each Arab nation more concerned with being anti-Israel, anti-West than being pro-themselves and thus demanding better health care, jobs, education, etc. , despotic rulers, false historical claims - i.e., most Arab nations which were formally part of the Ottoman Empire were created by the British or French in the 1940s and some created entirely at the Brits whim such as Jordan or Iraq and ultimately being failures in a world passing them by.

4. Anyone who says ther US is in Iraq "for the oil". I wish it were true.

5. Anyone who says our foreign policy is determined by concern for Israel. Again, I wish it were true.

6. Anyone who walks hand in hand with the Saudi Arabian king and calls the Saudis "our friends"

7. Anyone who works for the US State Department. Even more so for the UN.

8. Anyone who praises Mubarak.

9. Anyone who feels the Patriot Act should be abandoned.

10. Anyone who feels a WIsconsin blue haired grandma poses the same threat as a 25 year old Saudi male "student" when determining who to search when boarding a airplane.

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