From: ibshambat@gmail.com   
      
   There is a lot of anti-Americanism in the Middle East, and some of it is quite   
   ugly. I’ve criticized America a lot; however I am not an enemy of America. I   
   don’t want America destroyed, and I do not wish Americans ill. Whereas these   
   people do wish    
   Americans ill. And that makes them a real enemy.   
      
   In this matter I would like to help Americans out; and I do so by helping them   
   find the right arguments to confront this anti-Americanism. Now this argument   
   has not been made, but it should be. Do you know what argument can be used to   
   strike to the heart    
   of anti-Americanism in the Middle East?   
      
   It is as follows. If not for America, they would be practicing Communism. And   
   if they were practicing Communism, they wouldn’t be able to be Muslims at   
   all. Whereas with America at the top they can be as Muslim as they want to be   
   for as long as they    
   aren’t killing Americans or their allies.   
      
   America is easy to attack. It is a big target. We see the same with any number   
   of people in the West who attack their governments and accuse them of tyranny   
   and corruption. These people don’t know what tyranny and corruption is. As   
   far as governments    
   go, the ones in the West are quite mild. If the government really were the way   
   they described it as being, they would be facing a firing squad. That they are   
   not, even in spite of their hatred, shows just how good the governments in the   
   West are.   
      
   We see the exact same thing with America. America has over 1000 nuclear   
   warheads. If it wanted to, it could wipe the Middle East off the face of the   
   Earth. Instead it leaves the Middle East alone to its errors. This shows just   
   how good America is.   
      
   Sometimes the little guy is the good guy; sometimes he isn’t. In this   
   situation the big guy is much better than the little guy. The Muslims want to   
   force everyone in the world to follow Sharia. Whereas American government is   
   not trying to force the    
   world to become Christian conservative.   
      
   In this matter America deserves all the support that it can get. And I hope   
   that my ideas on this matter are useful to the American people involved in   
   this conflict.   
      
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