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A link to the VodkaPundit, and a reproduction of a comment I made on the Arab-Israeli conflict (which probably used about 5K of his space quota. ::sigh:: I'll figure out the etiquette of blogging Real Soon Now, I promise).
It all depends on where the complaining (about actually reaching an equitable settlement in the Middle East) is coming from.
Western Europe is lethargic, decadent, and anti-Semitic. The Arab/Muslim world is primitive (medieval at best), anti-Semitic, and anti-American. Any objections from those regions can be written off with a "what did we expect"?
To most of the rest of the world, Islamofascist terrorism and the War on Terrorism are, at best, a brief item on the nightly news radio broadcast. Comments, criticisms, and complaints from these areas should be listened to, but if they're just parroting the European line in hopes of a handout, they too can be ignored.
The critical areas, where we ought to be taking comments seriously, are:
- China (we should listen to them -- but not let them dictate to us -- because of their real power)
- Russia (because of their potential power, and because they'd like to get back in the game)
- India (democratic, uses English as a lingua franca, has also suffered from Islamofascist terrorism, natural and obvious ally)
- Vietnam (natural counterweight to China, appears to be getting over this Marxist silliness)
- Turkey (has been striving -- and largely successfully -- to secularize and Westernize since Atatürk. Dissed by Europe because real countries are Christian, like them)
- Israel (obviously)
John "Akatsukami" Braue Monday, February 25, 2002