RE: songs of peace

[Jim Frahm <zhorkon...>]

Are there Arab/Muslim "songs of peace"? Probably - a few. There are a few Arab 
Muslims in the IDF, a few who assist (at some personal risk) victims of terror 
attacks, etc. etc.  But look at the scientific polls of attitudes and opinions 
in the Arab "street"... How many CDs would a genuine Arab peacenik sell? How 
long before they were dragged out and lynched by a mob of their own people?

It is high time that all of us cease being captives to our own wishful 
thinking...  Face the Truth:

There are very few "Arabs for Peace" - except for professional dissemblers who 
generate anti-Israeli propaganda.  Their leadership has spent literally 
*generations* indoctrinating their youth with warped perceptions and attitudes 
antithetical to coexistence, much less peace.  At this point, only the most 
extraordinary Arab mind and soul would still perceive a case for peace - and 
then have the unbelievable courage to outspokenly promote it within their own 
society.

This is the very crux of our dilemma.  Peace cannot be unilateral, and we 
cannot win Arab Muslim "hearts and minds" until we take charge of the social 
and political evolution of our otherwise implacable enemy. To do that, just as 
with the German Nazis and the Imperial Japanese, we must first defeat them 
unconditionally and then replace their leadership with something which will, 
for still more generations, teach and promote more humane values.

My apologies for the politics... and especially to those who will 
understandably howl and reject my bitter conclusions. But if we are to survive 
this cancer, we must soon leave the stage of denial.


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