Travesty in translation

Submitted by Lowell Bogart (United States), Nov 7, 2006 at 12:39

Dr. Pipes:

I assume your article is factually accurate. I confirmed that opinion by reading Mr. Hurgronje's translation. Now, two centuries later, is there no will to rectify such earlier diplomatic incompetence? Why does the current Administration not broadcast a correction far and wide? Would that not help our strained relations with the Muslim world? For how long and how many times must America turn the other cheek?

Lowell Bogart

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