‘Why do they hate us?’

by Philip Weiss on January 16, 2009 · 5 comments

Remember when everyone ran around after 9/11 saying, Why do they hate us? Well, are we still innocent? Ibrahim Kalin, an assistant prof at Georgetown, has this answer in a Turkish publication:

After the 2009 Gaza massacre, the hawks in both Israel and the United States should have no question about why millions of people around the world hate them. The Israeli propaganda machine is trying to define this war in terms of a clash between Islamic fundamentalists and the civilized values of the West. After 1,000 dead and 4,000 wounded, what civilized values are we talking about? The propaganda machine, so shamelessly crafted to cover the ugly face of Israel's suicidal war in Gaza, may delude clueless Americans and Europeans but it cannot mislead the conscientious peoples of the world.

The so-called international community, including the UN and the European Union, has also failed miserably in the Gaza massacre.

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1 LeaNder January 16, 2009 at 12:51 pm

I am relapsing:

Norman Finkelstein's head news

UPDATE: US Cancels Munitions Shipment To Israel Via Greece

01.13.2009 | Morningstar.com

WASHINGTON (AFP)–The U.S. military has to had to cancel a planned shipment of munitions from a Greek port to a U.S. warehouse in Israel due to objections from Athens, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

"I think the Greek government had some issue with the offloading of some of that shipment in their country and so we are finding alternative means of getting that entire shipment to its proper destination in Israel," spokesman Geoff Morrell told a news conference. "I don't think we've come to a final resolution on how or when that will take place."

2 Craig January 16, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Anyone who wondered "why they hate us" simply hadn't been paying attention. Hint: It's not "because we're free."

3 John Lewis-Dickerson January 16, 2009 at 3:02 pm

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JOURNALIST (TO GHANDI): "What do I think of Western civilization?"

GHANDI: "I think it would be a very good idea."

4 John Lewis-Dickerson January 16, 2009 at 3:05 pm

OOPS! That should have read:

JOURNALIST (TO GHANDI): "What do you think of Western civilization?"

GHANDI: "I think it would be a very good idea."

5 D. January 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Still no mention in our newspaper of record that Al Qaeda has issued a statement titled "A Call for Jihad to Stop the Aggression on Gaza".

I only mention it because it sounds like it might be have some bearing on the well-being of the American people.

(Nothing in the message about the Caliphate or a hatred of freedom.)

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