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Old 10-19-2003, 06:43 PM   #4
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Leonis,
The speech that you linked to was actually delivered in June of this year.

The actual speech in question can be found here.


The man has taken serious issue with the way that Europeans and Israel have treated muslim nations both in the past and present.

God only knows what he meant by "But today, the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them."
Presumabley, he was echoing the widely held belief that US middle-eastern policy is shaped and controlled by the state of Israel and the US Jewish lobby - a belief that is the result of the uneven-handed approach to the Palestine question.

The part about getting others to fight and die for them is probably a reference to Iraq war - it is another widely held belief that the war was prompted at the behest of the US Jewish lobby - rather than for non-existent WMD's.

These two lines which repeat 'the man in the street opinion' marred an otherwise excellent speech and analysis of the current problems facing muslim society and countries today.

Rather a shame.
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