Re: Columnist Calls for Boycott of German Cars

Richard Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> Richard Schulman:
>>> The following op ed gives one something to think about.
> 
> MusicMax:
>>Yes.  And that thought is "Why does Ralph Peters have a job?".
> 
> He has a nationally syndicated column and influence with a nationwide
> audience including opinionmakers in Washington and abroad, whereas you
> have only your unpaid anonymous scribblings to a newsgroup.
> 
> [...]
> 
> NY Post:
>>> Ralph Peters' latest book is "Beyond Baghdad: Postmodern War and
>>> Peace."
> 
> Music Max:
>>Wherein he states:
>>
>>"Islamic terrorism is the violence of extreme desperation, symptomatic
>>of the startling failure of Middle Eastern Islamic culture to compete
>>with "the West" on a single productive front. Their failure is not our
>>fault, but it is our problem."
> 
>>If this is true, why aren't other such "cultures of jealousy" engaged
>>in terrorism against the US?
> 
> Various reasons, the most important of which is that oil billions
> aren't available for funding these cultures of jealousy.

For the time being I'll overlook the fact that you snipped about 150
lines of my replies to Mr. Peters' racist garbage... 

You're both wrong and contradictory:  Wrong because bin Laden's money
comes NOT from oil but from construction, contradictory because saying
that the terrorists have billions at their disposal blows the "jealous
of our riches" argument out of the water.  To wit, Saddam had 35 palaces
- why should he give a damn about America? 

Oh, and 9/11 cost less than a MILLION.

>>And why aren't more terrorist attacks directed 
>>at the other industrialized nations, such as Japan?
> 
> Not true. Israel is industrialized and on the front lines in the fight
> against terrorism.

No, Israel IS the front line of terrorism.  From the USS Liberty to
Jonathan Pollard. 

> So is Australia, which was attacked in Bali

I didn't know Australia was in Bali.  Or is it that Bali's in
Australia?  Now I see why you snipped 150 lines.