An Ugly Mindset

NYTimes via LFG!!!

In what the survey, part of the Pew Global Attitudes Project for 2006, called one of its most striking findings, majorities in Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan and Turkey — Muslim countries with fairly strong ties to America — said, for example, that they did not believe that Arabs carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

Some things never change. Here's what I wrote about my experience in Saudi Arabia during December 2001 and January 2002:

“The planes were remote controlled by the Americans. That’s why it was easy for them to be slammed into the buildings.”

“They want to start a war to go after Afghanistan.”

“How could Osama pull off 9/11? He is thousands of kilometers away in Afghanistan.”

“The US is the superpower, isn’t it? So, how could supposedly 19 Arabs cause such havoc to such a super country?”

“The US wants to subjugate Muslims.”

That’s just what I heard from my family. The situation was not much different in the newspapers and magazines. Every time the media mentioned Osama in a story, the “who is blamed for 9/11 by Washington” was not far behind.

I was reading through a Pakistani magazine where in the letters section was this gem. “The attacks on 9/11, which we all know were caused by Mossad,...” It was mind-numbing. The Muslim world simply couldn't agree as to who was behind the 9/11 attacks when the plain truth was staring them in the face.

Though, what they could all agree on was a sense of uninhibited joy. Whether it was Americans, Israelis or the tooth fairy that was behind 9/11, they didn't mind the auspicious atrocity.

Comments

[jegen]

Totally agree with you. That is their mind-set. No difference than the mind-set of a beast. But who is to blame? You westerner came to my country, tell us that 9/11 isn't true.George Bush, the CIA and Zionist did that. They conspire so that they can blame Islam. Yea, your professor, your politician, your intelectual etc was paid by the rich Arab tycoon, given 1st class treatment and you and your government just sit down and does nothing about it. Freedom of speech yea.......