Western Delusions :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Adam Greaves (Saudi Arabia), Oct 9, 2002 at 08:34

"An inability to imagine evil: citizens of successful states mirror-image and assume that the other side could not be that different from their own. Self-recrimination: a tendency to blame oneself for a foe's persistent enmity. "

These two phenomena also characterise the way Christians and Westerners in general behave towards Muslims and Africans.

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Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
What problems must be overcome? [42 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ty Selden	Mar 8, 2003 19:49	7144
Problems with Reunification [77 words]	Brian	Apr 2, 2007 12:33	7144
Let South Korea Reunify [123 words]	David Paul	Jan 17, 2003 13:39	5830
Mr. Pipes actually learns from history [398 words]	Doug Duncan	Jan 6, 2003 01:52	5510
It's the Arabs appeasing the US [120 words]	A disagreer	Oct 28, 2002 12:40	3356
3 Quibbles [180 words]	William Kinney	Oct 27, 2002 15:13	3337
Reply to commenter Eric Withee [349 words]	Sammy Finkelman	Oct 23, 2002 14:51	3223
Time will tell... [42 words]	Jeff Lerman	Oct 21, 2002 19:38	3165
Here's a good question.. [94 words]	Jon W	Oct 19, 2002 19:33	3145
Now with nukes! [60 words]	Ben Shniper	Oct 18, 2002 16:25	3138
Why are we still in South Korea? [141 words]	Joe Cunningham	Oct 18, 2002 13:12	3134
Yes, it did begin in 1979--I was there. [244 words]	Gregory C. Colan, Esq.	Oct 11, 2002 13:43	3051
Don't forget the 800-lb. gorilla [346 words]	jackstpaul	Oct 10, 2002 19:47	3036
Key causes [65 words]	Robert Einarsson	Oct 10, 2002 19:47	3035
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Another Reason [76 words]	Fred Glass	Oct 10, 2002 02:36	3015
Sign of Maturity [221 words]	Bob Greene	Oct 10, 2002 01:40	3010
Awakening? [97 words]	Yale Zussman	Oct 10, 2002 00:58	3008
Thank You for Showing us the Big Picture [69 words]	Rachel Neuwirth	Oct 9, 2002 17:47	2997
We should fix Korea first.... [186 words]	J. E. Withee	Oct 9, 2002 17:34	2996
People need hope [60 words]	Mark Feldstein	Oct 9, 2002 17:23	2995
Playing into the left wing's hand [147 words]	Harry Johnson	Oct 9, 2002 14:49	2993
A brewing disaster [29 words]	Isaac Botbol	Oct 9, 2002 13:06	2991
China's Role? [57 words]	Peter Westre	Oct 9, 2002 11:33	2988
Reunification at all costs? [297 words]	Joshua Truax	Oct 9, 2002 11:27	2987
Timely Observation and Analogy [209 words]	Ken Hamilton	Oct 9, 2002 11:03	2986
Thoughts on Korea [219 words]	M. Smith	Oct 9, 2002 10:38	2984
Not often wrong, but wrong never the less. [349 words]	Roy Jacobs	Oct 9, 2002 10:36	2983
NIce guys finish last, and often dead [43 words]	"JB" in PGH	Oct 9, 2002 10:30	2982
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American Civil War [53 words]	Victor Lipshutz	Oct 9, 2002 09:54	2979
Western Delusions [52 words]	Adam Greaves	Oct 9, 2002 08:34	2978
We too [41 words]	George Valdshtein	Oct 9, 2002 07:22	2977
Good article [20 words]	Steve North	Oct 9, 2002 06:09	2975