Do Americans really think that arabs live in tents and drive cammels and give no rights to women???
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Arabs? Are you kidding??\nOh man, most Americans think that Russians, Germans,French, Pollacks, Turks, Vietnamese,Chinease, Japs,Muslims, Nerds,Blacks, Hespanics, Gays,Lesbians, Fat guys, Bald guys , Fat bald guys or any other combination of those belong to a sub-human race, so why would arabs, or any other race be an exception????\nIt is a part of our thought that is so deeply embeded in our culture that we don`t even realise that it exists!That\nothers must be savages, or even animals, so that we can be rightious when we hunt them, and we're always rightious,and dare you prove the contrary!(got any nukes? no?shut up then) So go hide in a bush, we're comming to eat ya :)
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This must be a question for the left, because one must be on some serious hallucinogens to be able to visualize that.\n\nAfter all, according to the liberals... \nSaddamn was never a threat to anyone, Al Quida doesn't exist, and we're the only ones causing trouble and violence over there. \n\nJust a second, I'm going to go huff some aerosol....\n\nOkay, I got it. Back before we started that completely unprovoked Desert Shield-Gulf War B.S., the whole middle East was like Switzerland. \n\nChildren playing in the streets, women able to walk freely about without being harassed or forced to wear tents on their heads, the governments allowed newspapers and television to embrace our first amendment as their own, and Americans could visit freely, come and go as they please. Just read Den of Lions by Terry Anderson if you don't believe me.\n\nI grew up watching national news stories about Beirut. It was my childhood dream to visit that Paradise. Thank you, H.W. and son. You ruined the Middle East for all of us. \n\nMight as well let Iran have their nukes. With any luck, they'll blow the whole frigging thing off the map and we can start all over.
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As a Norwegian I think this is the typical American way of thinking. There are extreme muslims, bust most of them have no intention of destroying anything. The American president is trying to frighten the Americans into believing exactly what you are saying, but I think this is more frightening than anything.
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They hate America and the west in general for its support for Israel. They believe Israel, christians, americans, etc.. are all infidels. They are driven by a fanatical religion called islam. And the "peaceful ones" don't speak out or do anything, and they only get angry when someone insults islam.\n\nAnd yes, many "normal" citizens hate USA. They are very anti-american. Most of them are fanatics with islam. In Iran, there are days where they all parade in streets and scream "death to america!" over and over. Are you telling me thats just "some" of the people?\n\nbut Iraq hasn't been very anti-american lately, so may be in the future pro-americanism will spread across there and a more peaceful verson of islam will be created? ( I think theres already one, and it'll probably get more popular, don't forget that christianity and judasisim were pretty vicious religions when they began)\n\n"But most of these Muslim people are family-oriented, peaceful people."\nThe countries don't even have civil rights. women are treated awfully and theres blatant anti-israel and anti-american propaganda there.\n\n\n"If your family members were killed, your house was destroyed, you had no future, you could not travel, and your country was occupied by foreigners intent on taking your resources, would you be inclined to display a smile and say, "have a nice day?"\n\nFor one, if your family members were killed in Iraq (if they were citizens there) they were probably involved with al-quieda. \n\n2) Foreigners taking their resources? Ameriac hasn't stolen any oil, explain why the oil is so high. Saddam hussein took their resources and spent the money all on himself and left the people in poverty. WMDs or not, it was enough to take that phyco out. \n\n3) And, Iraq is not an official republic government. USA has made it clear that they would leave any time Iraq asks them to (Iraq has said they want them to stay until the jobs done).\n\nIMO, I would rather have my country occupied with a nation seeking to free me from an insane dictator than living under the guy for years to come.
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I believe some of us do, the problem is that the media is heavily influenced by corperate sponcers, who crindge at anything anti Israeli, and some of the executives at CBS,NBC, FOX, & ABC have Jewish board members. Prior to world war II the jewish people had been gone from this area for a couple of thousand years. The Arabs have always been there then one day Ben Gugarian and his boys show up and say hey this is our land given to us by God , see its written in our book so you gotta leave, well the Arabs in the area who've been there throughout time took offense at that idea of forced eviction. And thus todays probelms began. Remember during the six day war Isralie fighters attacked a us war ship in international waters, and nothing was said or done. We went to war in Viet Nam based on the Gulf of Tonkin incident when a North Vietnamese gun boad did the same thing.
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It's bizarre since all arabs have the same language, culture and history.\n\nIt is also odd since Israel is smaller than the size of New Jersey and the arab states are huge.\n\nAdding to the confusion is that every arab country is totalitarian, and we really don't need more of those in this world (i.e. yet another place where women are subjugated, people's rights are trampled, etc).\n\nPresumably the madness will end when the USA is no longer dependent upon arab oil.  The likelihood is that no one will care and the arabs will all kill each other (as they did in centuries past).  In the meantime, the USA is somewhat dependent upon the Israelis not rocking the boat too much, and the Israelis do their best to comply with American directives.
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if "women rights" in your opinion is when a woman gets money for showing her body as a tool for advertisment and being so cheap ... then no, we muslims have no women rights\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUNLESS you mean women right to go work in a safe working condition and having the right to vote then yes we have women rights since 1400 yrs ago up to this minute.\n\n\n\nabout the retards husbands that treats their wives badly we can find those retards in any religon and not only Islam.\n\n\n\n\n\nProphet Muhammad (may peace and blessings of God be upon him) said: "Treat women well and be kind to them; they are your partners and committed helpers\n\n\n\n\nProphet Muhammad(PBUH) said: "Only an honorable man treat women with honor and integrity. And only a mean, deceitful and dishonest man humiliates and insults women." Referring to physical abuse, he added: "Never hit your wives, they are your partners and sincere helpers." He exemplified this by never, ever, hitting a women or child. The Prophet guaranteed protection of the life, honor, and property of women.
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Just like some Americans lump all Arab peoples into one category, there are some Arab people who lump all Anglo-European type people in one category.  Have you heard anyone say that all Arabs are terrorists?  I have.\n\nIt all goes back to fundamental racism.
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by indians do you mean arabs or just the people from india if your talking about people from india then i think indian women at least the ones in america that i have come in contact with everyday are some of the most beautiful women i have ever seen in my life.and as far as the countrie goes i really dont know that much but they are people just like me and i will never judge someone i dont know and also who cares what stupid people think,if someone just see's you as a gas station attendant over here in america than thats their loss not yours.and as far as the arabs go they or at least some of them need to live in america first before they go off at the mouth spitting hatred for america.and i would never go to the middle east without a gun,because things are crazy over there with all the islamic extremist over there.notice i did not say muslims,i just said the extremist.and the mental picture in my mind is someone from a different place than me that is wise and can teach me about the world,but i look at everyone the same.its just naturall to me to acept that we are all human no better no worse than any other.
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In some aspects, they do have a point.\n\nThe USA won't mind our own business. The arabs see the USA as imperialist hell bent on destroying them.\n\nThe US needs to do some good PR and change the situation.
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do you mean eastern as in asia and the middle east,and western as in USA and Canada? Well there are quite a few differences,in many eastern countries women are treated like property and sold to the highest bidder,they have no rights of their own,and many are abused by their husbands.Especially countries under heavy islamic rule,in India for example in the poorer sections women are owned by their father,families have to pay heavy dowry fees and many are murdered for dowry,they are pressured to give birth to a son,if they dont there inlaws will reject them.In the west many men use women for their bodies,and just live with them without being married,women have more rights and freedoms in the west but men have lost the respect for feminity,modesty is non-existent.These are the two extremes of the world,there are exceptions there are good men in both the east and the west,but these are the generalizations of the two.
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Exactly my point, my friend. The thing is, and I'll try to avoid sterotyping Americans as they so carelessly do with Arabs. It is un-"American" to strip so many of their liberty in the name of "freedom". It is un"Christian" to disrespect a fellow human the way that has been done. It is extremely naive to think that the Bush administration is trying to help, knowing that Bush's family has gathered so much wealth through the exploitation of petroleum. I don't see how people don't spend more time on questions like these. Questions that matter. Thank you very much, my friend. (BTW, I'm an American Citizen of a Christian Church)
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The media will never report that.   It's the Jews that broke UN resolutions and are occupants on Palestinian land.  This fact gets ignored and the media simply reports that the Jews are defending themselves and the Arabs are crazy suicide bombers.\n\nUnfortunately too many Americans are to ignorant of the situation to read history and understand for themselves what the truth is.
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first off, i am not american\n\nsecond off, i don't think it matters that i am not american anyways\n\nthird off, maybe it is the media giving the impressions that arabs hate americans, there is a lot of propoganda out there so americans stay pro war, and it could lead to misjudged ideas of how the arabs actually feel\n\nfourth off, if you want to change americans minds, then speak out for yourself and let people know you are not hateful of them and know that there are reasons to keep peace!!!!\n\nfifth off, not all americans may feel bad towards arabs. but there is a lot of hatred out there and it is wrong! just because of a bunch of extremists, millions of others are blamed!
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Do you have some sort of warped sense of reality????\n\nI think that men have more rights than women!
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You have to understand, friend, that people are ignorant. An no, not just Americans either. We as humans just have simple and one-tracked minds. Some more seriously than others.\nWhen it comes to the Israel thing, I have a good friend from Egypt, but she looks African America (Black). Mind you, she's beautiful. When people see her, they smile, guys buy her drinks, really hang on her tit like she's so fine. Then when she says that she's Muslim, cats get nervous. I understand it, because I'm Christian. And listening to most American Christians, post-911 mind you, they are really delicate when it comes to Middle Easterners, believing they had hands in US terrorist attacks. But remember, turning the other cheek and ignoring stupid people is a much more powerful jester than to reply with anything else.
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We want them to stop strapping explosives to women and children and killing people in buses, restaurants and crowded marketplaces.\n\nOur perception of Arabs and Muslims is that they strap explosives to women and children and let them kill themselves and others in the places I mentioned above.\n\nOur perception of Arabs and Muslims is that they are eager to let Americans sacrifice their own lives to free Arabs and Muslims from tyranny and in their gratitude, the people who benefit from this sacrifice kill their liberators.\n\nOur perception of Arabs and Muslims is that they would like to have another holocaust to kill every Israeli, Jew and American on the planet.  This perception is supported by the fact that they strap explosives to women and children and allow them to kill Israelis, Americans and themselves in this manner.\n\nWhy?  Are you saying that none of this is true?  Tell me which parts are untrue.  Remember, we've all seen the videos of beheaded Americans and body parts in the streets.  You really are a lovely people, aren't you?