parados wrote:It is pretty funny after all the claims that "Saddam had ties to Al Qaeda" Now we find those claims about Iraq have less substance than the claims that UAE had ties to Al Qaeda. (The crown prince of UAE spent time in Afghanistan on hunting trips with OBL.)
Any complaints about boogeymen and racist reactions to muslims point to the people that have used those arguments for the last 4 years. They created the present atmosphere.
Non Sequitar. I recall no leader saying we should dislike or distrust Iraq because they are "Arabs".
I recall leaders, both Democrat and Republican in lockstep saying we should dislike and distrust Saddam because of his decade of deception in regards to WMD, after
actually using them. The resumption of hostilities in Iraq had nothing to do with partisan loyalty and most certainly had nothing to do with bigotry.
To extrapolate an anti-Arab bias from the inconsequential fact that Saddam's Iraq was made up of Arabs is a sorry reflection of a lack of critical thinking skills. Before, during, and theoretically after our action in Iraq; the UAE have been our allies, and have allowed the use of their Ports and Air Space for our Anti-Saddam purposes. Where is the anti-Arab sentiment in this simple historical fact?
Your attempt to place the blame for your anti-Arab bigotry on the current administration is neither logical nor supported by the facts. The United States, and indeed
this administration, has too many Arab allies for such unsubstantiated conclusions.
Yes, the United States does have Arab enemies who've been known to hijack airplanes; so paying particular attention to Arabs at our airports should be a simple reflection of common sense. One can't tell the difference between an Arab friend or foe in a line before a metal detector. However; one can damn sure distinguish which Arab
leaders have been our allies from those who have not. (You're not likely to see our destroyers parked in enemy ports or F-16s lined up at an enemy airport.)
The bigotry being demonstrated now shows no partisan boundaries, nor had it in the past, so proclamations that it's the Republican's fault are demonstrative of even less coherence. I can't understand for the life of me how those convinced our actions against true Arab enemies reconcile their disagreement with same while promoting bigotry against our Arab allies. The hypocrisy is astoundingly inconsistent with the over-the-top sense of fair-play I'm grown accustomed to reading from the Left.
