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From: moran@aluxp.UUCP (moran)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Arab Psyche
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 12:45:25 EST
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I realize that it sounds bigoted to say that there is such a thing
as an "Arab mind," that somehow these people are inherently different
than the rest of us. But from reading the newspapers and other 
observations, it really does seem that this Arab mind exists,
and it is not pretty.

The one example that I remember most is the Syrian "celebration"
of the tenth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. Shown, on Syrian TV,
were Arab girls biting into live snakes. Also shown were men breaking
dogs' necks and drinking their blood. As I remember it, American
news organizations refused to show the videotape, as it was not
"newsworthy," but it was shown on Israeli TV and I saw it as well,
quite by accident, on a Christian TV show in America.

I don't think that I have to comment on this.

Other examples that stick in my mind:

When the PLO was "victoriously" leaving Lebanon, as everyone saw,
they were shooting their ammunition into the air. I read that around
six (?) people were killed from the bullets going back down.

An Egyptian newspaper (sorry, don't remember which) published 
recently that the Israelis are setting up extermination camps in
Lebanon. They learned how to build them from 1940's Germany.

It seems clear that we are not dealing with normal human beings
here. Of course there are exceptions (I hope) but it does seem 
plausible that there really is an Arab psyche, with absolutely
no regard for (human or animal) life. Once this is accepted,
all normal channels of diplomacy are, unfortunately, down the drain.


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