Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Understanding the Shiites Message-ID: <1340243@acf4.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 18:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340243 Posted: Fri Jun 28 18:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 07:53:57 EDT References: <675@cadovax.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 23 >/* raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) / 10:44 pm Jun 27, 1985 */ > The U.S. literally supports the economy and the armed forces of > Israel with it's generous aid. I am not surprised that the Middle > East nations have nothing but hatred for the U.S. They see Isreal > as the terrorist arm of the U.S., financed and supported by it. > I can't help feeling that in many ways the U.S. is the second > biggest terrorist organization in the world (next only to USSR). The recent war in Lebanon was the first time Israel has been perhaps reasonably criticized for using force in an action that was not purely defensive. The hatred had been around a long time before the invasion of Lebanon. As for the economic aid, this is no reason for the Arab nations to hate the U.S. What concern is it of theirs (needless to say, these governments have enough problems at home to worry about). By proclaiming the U.S. to be a terrorist organization because it supports Israel, you undermine any merit your argument may have. If you "can't help feeling" this way, perhaps you should see a psychiatrist. > - Raghu. Mike Sykora