Agreed...

Submitted by Wim (Belgium), May 30, 2008 at 05:16

Not commenting on your previous response after you've put that much effort in it would almost feel like a crime, so here goes nothing:

Obviously my previous comment wasn't meant to be taken seriously, but meant to lure out a clear response of you, which it did

Now the part I hate:
I must say I agree with you on most points you listed, and I feel stupid for not understanding this before

Then another thing that needs to be set straight:

Your quote: "Although the idea of an Anti-American President may be extremely unimportant to you, or you might even like it" -

I am NOT anti-American, nor am I entirely pro-American...

Unlike some people here seem to think (referring to another article of Dr. Pipes "Europe vs. America") Europe is nowhere near the way people in the Middle-East think about the US, but that is another subject I guess.

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