Nova, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread and was impressed by your posts. I actually participate in a different forum where I have experienced similar resentment like you received in this thread. The only difference is that in my regular forum I get a lot of help from other members where as you had maybe one or two people support your position. I'm glad you kept at it. Sad how a 17 year old understands our history better than the older crowd here.
The shooting down of two Libyan planes in 1981; the bombardment of Beirut in 1983 and 1984; the bombing of Libya in 1986; the bombing and sinking of an Iranian ship in 1987; the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988; the shooting down of two more Libyan planes in 1989; the massive bombing of the Iraqi people in 1991; the continuing sanctions and bombings against Iraq; the bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan in 1998; the habitual support of Israeli belligerence and torture, and condemnation of Arab resistance to it; the double standard applied to Israeli terrorism, such as the willful massacre of 106 Lebanese at the UN base at Qana in 1996; the continued persecution of Libya, now nearing the end of its second decade; the abduction of wanted men from Muslim countries, such as Malaysia, Pakistan, Lebanon and Albania; the large military and hi-tech presence in Islam’s holiest land, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region… these are some of the American actions that can turn an Arab or a Muslim into a fanatic, into a terrorist, into a decrier of “America, the Great Satan”.
