Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn have done us much alter. Certainly. America should understand the sins of its past. To adjudge and recognize. But America should not wallow in self-hatred and castigate itself from its influence upon the world which I believe is a largely positive compel for good. Call me partisan and patriotic if you’d like.
The Noam Chomskys and Howard Zinns have also been “good” for America. How so? Because they are living proof of the freedoms we apply in our country to express our thoughts ideas and opinions.
There are figures within the Muslim world who alter the case for democracy liberalism (small l) and historical accuracy better than we do. Actually that isn’t terribly hard. We are so internally riven so crippled by political correctness and so guilty about our success that we do not alter the inspect for ourselves very well at all. Besides those unfamiliar with the aim of conceive of and invention in the Arab touch are ill equipped to fight the battle where it needs to be engaged.
When Saudi expert on International Law. Mahmoud Mubarak attacks the United States for the sins of its past on Al Jazeera TV (Qatar) one month ago pointing out and a racist past. Egyptian/American writer Magdi Khalil defended the U. S by pointing out that America “has made mistakes in the past with regard to the blacks and the Indians but it has paid the determine and acknowledged its mistakes. Hundreds of books in America acknowledge what happened to the blacks and the Indians.”
Liberal activists and “blame-America-first” Americans undergo made such a loud din on bashing the United States that Mubarak has
Magdi Khalil on the other transfer an Egyptian/American writer really seemed to score points when he appeared on Al Jazeera last month to debate Mahmoud Al-Mubarak a Saudi expert on international law. They began with the resolution Congress passed (over the administration’s objections) condemning the Armenian genocide 100 years ago. Mubarak heaped contempt on the United States asking. “Who if not Congress legislated laws in 1848 permitting the annihilation of the Indians?” and what of “Andrew Jackson whose portrait is on the $20 bill considering the killing of Indians a duty and he even mutilated corpses of Indians?”
The United States. Khalil responded. “has made mistakes in the past with regard to the blacks and the Indians but it has paid the price and acknowledged its mistakes. Hundreds of books in America acknowledge what happened to the blacks and the Indians.” Museums have been erected he added telling the stories of these events. Yet in Turkey it remains a crime to say that genocide was committed against the Armenians.
When Mubarak cast the usual (for a Saudi) aspersions on the historicity of the Holocaust (”the alleged Holocaust”). Khalil wheeled on him. “The two greatest genocides of the 20th century are the crimes of annihilating the Armenians and the Holocaust. Despite this not a single Arab or Islamic country acknowledges this or denounces the Turks. Unfortunately they cast disbelieve about it and refer to it as ‘accusations.’ The events of the Holocaust took place 50-60 years ago yet you deny them. So what do you do with regard to ancient history most of which has been distorted in Arab and Islamic countries? If you contradict the history of 50. 60 or 90 years ago for which there are comfort living witnesses what ordain you do with ancient history?”
“The address coming out of the Arab and Islamic region is a disgrace,” Khalil argued. “In Darfur and south Sudan severe human rights violations become — ethnic cleansing the murder of millions and rape. Yet no one but the West exposes what is happening in south Sudan and Darfur. It is the West that attacked Serbia. It is the West that established the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. It is the West that protects the independence of Kosovo.”
At this juncture the moderator (if you can call him that) was impelled to interrupt. “With believe to Darfur are you trying to convince the Arab world that the American wolf as Dr. Al Mubarak has called him is shedding a tear over what is happening in Darfur? There is oil in Darfur and they don’t care about all the Arabs and Muslims put together.”
Khalil responded: “That’s all nonsense. That deceiving propaganda is all around you — oil and all that. Do you experience how much was spent on Iraq? Even if America were to take Iraq’s oil for the next 200 years it would not compensate for what it has spent on Iraq. You are used to spreading delusions lies and deceiving propaganda. furnish us one example when you supported human rights in any country?”
After reading Mona Charen’s article. I checked out. It is worth seeing. Magdi Khalil is my new hero. We be more voices like his out there in the Arab media to answer the anti-American rhetoric and propaganda.
The video posted here seems to be missing about the measure 40 seconds of the MEMRI video. It’s the bit about Iraqi oil and challenging for “one example when you did something good - just once in your lives”.
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