Question to Noah Wilk and others too.

Submitted by Terry H (Canada), Jan 28, 2007 at 16:56

Logic, human rights, and the lessons of history are on the side of those who want to uphold freedom, democracy, humanistic values, cultural development. All that, and very especially history, are on the side of those who want to protect the West from Islamic encroachment, and also on on the side of those who want to protect Israel's existence and security, a tiny country in a sea of Arab lands.

Your challenge, Noah, is so simple, so logical, you'd wonder why haven't those millions of Muslims asked themselves the same thing before.

In the face of logic and history, why do educated Muslims still continue to support their ideology and to believe in it? Is it just the seduction of power on the horizon? It can't be just fear of retribution if they reject Islam. They seem too convincing in their actions for that. Is it that they hate the West too much?

And what motivates Western educated minds, particularly those of the Left, to support Muslims, including Palestinians, and others who have declared themselves to be the enemies of the West and Israel. What makes so many Israelis blind to the danger of a second Palestinian state (in addition to Jordan) governed by killing gangs. The Israeli Left has quite openly taken the side of the Palestinians against their own country. It makes no sense.

What makes people deliberately ignore plain facts and a sense of self-preservation, Noah, I'd just like to know.

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