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We may disagree with everything they say and believe, but any insight into the thinking of our enemies is always valuable.
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As far as I can tell, Al-Ahram is a regional egyptian paper whose audeince is people in the middle east. I would therefore caution that these people are not "our enemies" per se - taking "we" to mean the US and it's allies in the Global War on Terror, then our enemies are most certainly NOT the entire people of the middle east - rather, our enemies are Osama Bin Laden, and various other terrorists and people like him around the world. The people we are most desperately trying to make into our friends are, in fact, the moderate Arabs in the region.
A minor point that probably didn't need to be made explicit, but it is an important distinction nonetheless.
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AMF, I see the point you're trying to make, but let's not delude ourselves with PC-ness here.
How much of Al-Ahram did you read?
I've been reading it semi-regularly for 2 years now, since I was shown
this weekly special back in October 2004.
The basic editorial stance of Al Ahram is -
1. Hatred of the US and all US citizens.
2. Hatred of Israel and all jews.
3. Dedication to the extermination of the modern state of Israel.
4. Support for all anti-US and anti-Israel terrorists.
If that doesn't make them our enemies, then what does it take?
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew 7:20