Did anyone see 60 Minutes II last night? Dan Rather presented a report that showed that virtually every Muslim in the Arab world believed that Israel warned 4,000 Jews to stay home on 9/11 and to not go to work at the WTC. They all believe that Israel was behind the attacks, not OBL.
CBS traced the origin of the story to Hezbollah propaganda first published a few days after the attack in a Lebanese newspaper. Since then, it has become Gospel in the Arab world.
Regardless of anything else, this shows that the Arab world is not operating on the same set of assumed facts as we are concerning our war on terror or on Iraq. If we are to have any hope of calming the Arab world down, someone responsible that the Arabs trust must counter this propaganda.
Bush has been calling on the Saudi's and the Egyptians, among others, to help calm the situation by at least toning down the rhetoric. Apparently, this has not happened. In fact, all we here are threats from the Arab world.
There appear to be no calming voices in Arabia. Everyone seems intent on inflaming the people into a frenzy of anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. Bush and Sharon are equally devils.
Because of this propaganda, it does appear that there is a ristk that any attack on Iraq might immediately become a general war in the area.
"What are we to do?" Rather asked.
He got a blank stare from the government official in charge of the matter. Rather himself had no answer.
CBS traced the origin of the story to Hezbollah propaganda first published a few days after the attack in a Lebanese newspaper. Since then, it has become Gospel in the Arab world.
Regardless of anything else, this shows that the Arab world is not operating on the same set of assumed facts as we are concerning our war on terror or on Iraq. If we are to have any hope of calming the Arab world down, someone responsible that the Arabs trust must counter this propaganda.
Bush has been calling on the Saudi's and the Egyptians, among others, to help calm the situation by at least toning down the rhetoric. Apparently, this has not happened. In fact, all we here are threats from the Arab world.
There appear to be no calming voices in Arabia. Everyone seems intent on inflaming the people into a frenzy of anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. Bush and Sharon are equally devils.
Because of this propaganda, it does appear that there is a ristk that any attack on Iraq might immediately become a general war in the area.
"What are we to do?" Rather asked.
He got a blank stare from the government official in charge of the matter. Rather himself had no answer.
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