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Please explain to me what you find hateful or angry about my last post

Your "plugging" of Israel reminds me of an interview I saw yesterday on one of the US news channels with... Saeb Arikat (one of Arrafat's spokesmen).
He was asked what he thinks of what is happening in Iraq.
His answer was something like: Israel is doing illegal things in the occupied territories and....
Can you see what I mean? If you don't read again the question and the answer.
To clarify things so you don't get offended (like I did by how you described my valid post) and defensive - I didn't say YOU are such but just that your post/attitude is such.

For one thing, I don't think you are merely describing a war against Islamic fundamentalism.

You are right. I don't describe a war against Islamic fundamentalism (only) but a more vast war against terrorism and its safe-haven countries. Most of it is Islamic fundamentalists - that’s a fact - but I was merely describing the war as a very long campaign against terrorism. That’s why I included the Philippines, N.Korea, and Lebanon even though (for some strange reason) you don't find it bright clear that it is a threat to the US in the long term.

You made the statement that the United States is not at war with Al-Quaeda
Trust me, that would come as a considerable surprise to most of the American people.

I know it will come as a surprise to you and many other Americans. That’s why your president and his "captains" are doing it in a step-by-step way. You are a nation in a waking up process - that doesn’t want grasp the big picture too fast. You feel better being presented with the concept in "chuncks". Just my honest opinion. All I hope is – that you will have the stomach to withstand the journey.
You seem too be convinced that your concern should be against Al-Quaeda, while at the same time admit that…

The "captains"... could find it more difficult to sell expanding this war - which was sold as being to eliminate WMD, or free the Iraqi people, or whatever the justification du jour is - than they think.

You are basically admitting that the war in Iraq has nothing to do directly with Al-quaeda. The connection is not as direct as you today think. The connection is terrorism on the global level. Yes - they will have hard time doing that if they continue to fail educating you about the seriousness of matters.

If my memory servers me right, I have read several posts of yours, across different boards and see a connection there with respect to Israel. You are entitled for an opinion – don’t misunderstand me. It’s just that I find it hard to receive criticism from someone who does not associate himself with a country - and if he finally does - dissociate himself from everything that is not pure and good, like he is infallible or a saint who never does wrong.
Whatever criticism you have towards Israel - I can match it with examples regarding the US (that you seem to shy away from associating yourself even with it) that are far worse than anything you can come up with. Think about that a little. Think about it more than a little.
When someone says - this did wrong, this did wrong,... as if he is a saint that has very hard time digesting the “evil” of the others’ actions – I have hard time taking him seriously since he never accepts responsibility for anything. If he does - he has to think twice about what “he” did/do before criticizing others - and in your case, Israel should be somewhere in the bottom of the list of countries you should criticize. IMHO.

I did answer your question seriously. Think about what I wrote.