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.
I am relapsing:
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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."
Anyone who wondered "why they hate us" simply hadn't been paying attention. Hint: It's not "because we're free."
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JOURNALIST (TO GHANDI): "What do I think of Western civilization?"
GHANDI: "I think it would be a very good idea."
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."
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.)