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<DIV>In a message dated 03/12/04 04:37:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, jt.crawleyaUKONLINE.CO.UK writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>don't forget that "sick, twisted,vile, disgusting, fetid little mind was<BR>financed and learned all it knows under direction by the West (CIA actually).<BR><BR>The terror attack on New York was just one incident in a war of attrition<BR>dating back many years not a declaration of war. Since the breakup of the<BR>Ottoman Empire the British, French and Americans have been interfering in the<BR>affairs of the Middle East, deposing monarchs here, installing despots there<BR>and what for? To paraphrase Clinton: it's the oil, stupid.<BR><BR>As for a reverse reconquista - the Arab nations held Spain for what? 900 years,<BR>the Christians 500 - who has a greater right? Perhaps if the West stopped<BR>persectuting and killing muslims the muslim world would stop killing westerners.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>What a warped, distorted view of history! Why can't you just recognize evil, religious zealotry and violence for what it is and not fix blame on the U.S., the CIA and oil geopolitics which did not even exist when Arab/Moslem extremism and murder of innocents first emerged? By the way, I am not an apologist for America and all the wrongs perpetrated against innocent Moslems. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>Also, your suggestion that Arabs have some greater right to Spain due to longevity of their presence many centuries ago is laughable. Maybe we should give Manhattan back to the Indians too if you want to right injustices of history. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>Your simplistic analyses serve no useful purpose and have nothing to do with the Camino so why don't you keep them off listserve and continue your anti-American, British and French rants in some chat room where other people may enjoy your biased opinions. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0080c0>Howard Mendes, NYC</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>