I’m sure many will dismiss this as yet another terrorist rant, after all this is America, and we are Americans. We will dismiss it out of fear, and we will dismiss it out of our own hate. We will dismiss it because we are Americans and our own high opinion of ourselves will not allow us to believe that a normal person could despise and hate us so much. and as such we will ignore yet another voice, we will dismiss it out of a warped sense of patriotism and nationalistic pride.

“Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. ''Patriotism'' is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by ''patriotism'' I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above human...

I’m sure many will dismiss this as yet another terrorist rant, after all this is America, and we are Americans. We will dismiss it out of fear, and we will dismiss it out of our own hate. We will dismiss it because we are Americans and our own high opinion of ourselves will not allow us to believe that a normal person could despise and hate us so much. and as such we will ignore yet another voice, we will dismiss it out of a warped sense of patriotism and nationalistic pride.

“Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. ''Patriotism'' is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by ''patriotism'' I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare /never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.”
Erich Fromm - (German born American social Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, 1900-1980)

It has always amazed me that as a country, all of us, regardless of motive or intention, can destroy other countries, reek havoc, kill innocent people and then expect that those that survive to welcome us with open arms as friends. Some will, some will not. As Americans however we cannot except this. We are a virtuous and giving people aren’t we? How could anyone not want to be like us, have all the things we have, live the lives we live in this country we have forged. Death, suffering, misery, disease, hopelessness, all these things are the products of war, and hate will, given time, emerge as a by-product of long term exposure to them

“Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”
Sydney J. Harris: American Journalist and Author.

Is this woman, Layla Anwar, a terrorist? or maybe a (Phony) Iraqi. I certainly can't answer with any certainty and I doubt any of you could either. I do know for certain that their ...

“Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”
Sydney J. Harris: American Journalist and Author.

Is this woman, Layla Anwar, a terrorist? or maybe a (Phony) Iraqi. I certainly can't answer with any certainty and I doubt any of you could either. I do know for certain that their are many blogs like this and that not all of them could possibly be the work of terrorists. So with that thought in mind maybe it is time we start listening at least to some of them. After all this War is all about freedom, is it not? Unfortunately many of the authors don't seem to give a sense of freedom at all.

She closes by saying: "Iraq is going down with its past and its future. I can only promise you one thing. However long it may take, we are going to take you down with us."

A terrorist? maybe not, but then it may be we need more time. Or maybe it's time we start acting like the great nation we believe ourselves be.

Gracious Lady, Mother of all that lives, we call out to you to guide all of your children. Bless our eyes, that we may see each other with love. Bless our ears, that we may hear each other with understanding. Bless our mouths, that we may speak to each other with compassion. Bless our hands, that they may heal, not harm. Bless our feet, that we may walk beside each other in peace. Great Goddess, Mother of birth and death and rebirth, Goddess of the green Earth that feeds us, of the creatures that roam upon its surface, and the tides that lap its shores, Lady of the Cauldron, let all your children drink of its wisdom, and know that all names of the Divi

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Gracious Lady, Mother of all that lives, we call out to you to guide all of your children. Bless our eyes, that we may see each other with love. Bless our ears, that we may hear each other with understanding. Bless our mouths, that we may speak to each other with compassion. Bless our hands, that they may heal, not harm. Bless our feet, that we may walk beside each other in peace. Great Goddess, Mother of birth and death and rebirth, Goddess of the green Earth that feeds us, of the creatures that roam upon its surface, and the tides that lap its shores, Lady of the Cauldron, let all your children drink of its wisdom, and know that all names of the Divine are but ...

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Gracious Lady, Mother of all that lives, we call out to you to guide all of your children. Bless our eyes, that we may see each other with love. Bless our ears, that we may hear each other with understanding. Bless our mouths, that we may speak to each other with compassion. Bless our hands, that they may heal, not harm. Bless our feet, that we may walk beside each other in peace. Great Goddess, Mother of birth and death and rebirth, Goddess of the green Earth that feeds us, of the creatures that roam upon its surface, and the tides that lap its shores, Lady of the Cauldron, let all your children drink of its wisdom, and know that all names of the Divine are but one Name, and all worship but a dance to the singular music of Life.

So Mote It Be!

Ah, What gives us the right to inflict freedom and expression on the cultures of this planet?
We provoke rage and hatred in people that are accustomed to THEIR way of life then we can't understand why we are so hated and mistrusted.

She may blog that she hates me because I am American but I do not hate back. I can see her reasoning and dispair. She is right about us in so many ways it is disturbing because of the truth of her words. I only hope that we Americans can WAKE UP and smell the shit we are shoveling to the rest of the world.

There are many GOOD things we have to offer but we shouldn't be shoving them down everyones throats. We need to lead by example. To her and all the other pe...

Ah, What gives us the right to inflict freedom and expression on the cultures of this planet?
We provoke rage and hatred in people that are accustomed to THEIR way of life then we can't understand why we are so hated and mistrusted.

She may blog that she hates me because I am American but I do not hate back. I can see her reasoning and dispair. She is right about us in so many ways it is disturbing because of the truth of her words. I only hope that we Americans can WAKE UP and smell the shit we are shoveling to the rest of the world.

There are many GOOD things we have to offer but we shouldn't be shoving them down everyones throats. We need to lead by example. To her and all the other peoples of the world that we bully, I am SORRY for what we do. I don't know how to stop the madness tho.
May you find your peace of mind.

She's derogatorily lumping all Americans together and that is not fair towards those who disagree with American foreign policies.

That's for certain Arif, I didn't mean I agreed or understood her feelings or hatred; in fact, she is as prejudiced as those in the West who tend to see all Arabs as terrorists. I just found it remarkable that all these "war on terror" stuff helped nothing but to feed a hate in the Middle East people. It's a very typical example: She uses an old-fashioned stereotype for the Americans (and in fact, for all Westerners) and she's probably a very religious person (revealed when she complained about the "boring way of life".)

I found it noteworthy, b...

She's derogatorily lumping all Americans together and that is not fair towards those who disagree with American foreign policies.

That's for certain Arif, I didn't mean I agreed or understood her feelings or hatred; in fact, she is as prejudiced as those in the West who tend to see all Arabs as terrorists. I just found it remarkable that all these "war on terror" stuff helped nothing but to feed a hate in the Middle East people. It's a very typical example: She uses an old-fashioned stereotype for the Americans (and in fact, for all Westerners) and she's probably a very religious person (revealed when she complained about the "boring way of life".)

I found it noteworthy, because her blog shows how the events in last 6 years triggered an antagonism, giving some solid "reasons" for the hate.

On the other hand, I liked Skwirl's comment: "She may blog that she hates me because I am American but I do not hate back." This is very important, I think. She's wrong, she hates all Westerners, she is prejudiced but we understand her (she has some reasons) and not hate her back. I think this is a very strong point.

If we accept the premise that there are good and bad on both side. Next could we agree that the number of racist, bigots, whatever is the same for both. It will usually be the bigot, racists, whatever who will disagree at this point, believing something like all Muslims are fundamentalist manics as if there were no fundamentalist Christians.


Back to the vast majority of ClipMarkers, here's my point. Although the number of good is probably the same on both side, there's no doubt as not one of us whites would willingly trade places with an Arab. Are we racist? Even mildly? I don't think so, but I think you get my point. We have given them a bad name. Even white Muslims get a bad time in the ...

If we accept the premise that there are good and bad on both side. Next could we agree that the number of racist, bigots, whatever is the same for both. It will usually be the bigot, racists, whatever who will disagree at this point, believing something like all Muslims are fundamentalist manics as if there were no fundamentalist Christians.


Back to the vast majority of ClipMarkers, here's my point. Although the number of good is probably the same on both side, there's no doubt as not one of us whites would willingly trade places with an Arab. Are we racist? Even mildly? I don't think so, but I think you get my point. We have given them a bad name. Even white Muslims get a bad time in the USA.

So, all us very well intentioned whites can get up from our computers and return to our Ok lives. A lot of us believe in no god so cannot understand why the Muslims are so upset when their religion is disrespected and misunderstood. The less you have in this life, the more RESPECT becomes important.

The above contributors that I have read put me to shame as to my inability to express my heart. "All men were created equal". Do you believe it? Craft my thought so that you may touch our hearts and minds even more.

Sorry for my inability to communicate to certain people who are NOT racists, bigots, morally superior, sectarian, and so on. Obviously this includes anyone who believes their god is better than another, Catholic better than Protestant, their crocked government system is better, their media freer, Americans better than the rest, and on and on. They are excluded from my request as they are only capable of producing more of the same.

I was addressing the majority here, who so eloquently spoke to my heart and brain to ask them to go a stage further in their journey and see this world from an Arab or Muslim point of view, and then judge their anger and even hatred.

The Arabs are famed for thei...

Sorry for my inability to communicate to certain people who are NOT racists, bigots, morally superior, sectarian, and so on. Obviously this includes anyone who believes their god is better than another, Catholic better than Protestant, their crocked government system is better, their media freer, Americans better than the rest, and on and on. They are excluded from my request as they are only capable of producing more of the same.

I was addressing the majority here, who so eloquently spoke to my heart and brain to ask them to go a stage further in their journey and see this world from an Arab or Muslim point of view, and then judge their anger and even hatred.

The Arabs are famed for their hospitality, as were Americans until last week. They are also noted for family honour so a hurt done to one must be repaid even generations later. If for no more that selfish reasons, it would be wise unless you intend exterminating them entirely, that reconciliation is arrived at soonest. Or else revenge on Americans will be all consuming.

I cannot do sugar-coated words. I'm blunt and direct. The softer touch might be more effective in achieving a peaceful world once the warmongers were excluded.