Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (Reza Taheri) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Understanding the Shiites Message-ID: <1092@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 17:55:44 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxb.1092 Posted: Wed Jul 10 17:55:44 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:39:10 EDT References: <675@cadovax.UUCP> <681@rlgvax.UUCP> <727@ihlpg.UUCP> <1083@ihuxb.UUCP> <751@ihlpg.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 32 This article in a followup to a series of earlier articles on if and why Muslim Middle-Easterners hate the US. > > Muslim Middle Easterns hate (OK, "dislike"?) Israel and > > therefore they hate the US even though their governments may have been > > friendly with the US for less than a decade. > > > > H. Reza Taheri > Talk about sweeping generalizations! SOME Muslim Middle-Easterners do > hate the U. S., but many do not. I guess I got a little carried away in my explaining how the US support of Israel is responsible for the hatred of the Middle- Easterners towards the US. Obviously, not all Middle-Easterners hate the US, but the US-Israeli relationship is a major reason why many do. > Of course, the official positions > of Arab governments do not necessarily reflect the views of their people. > Unfortunately, we will never be able to have a secret ballot to determine > the percentages of those who like, dislike, or hate the U. S. It is true > that much of the bad feeling in the ARAB world towards the U. S. does > stem from U. S. support of Israel. I doubt very much, however, that > Khomeini and Iran would stop hating the U. S. if we stopped supporting > Israel. I suppose Khomeini hates Iraq (he did even before Iraq invaded > Iran) because Iraq supports Israel -) -) -). Khomeini just likes to hate. My points exactly, as I said in the article you are responding to. I'd say we are in violent agreement. H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-7473