Seaver

Wow. I have to admit I was very skeptical about this survey and how it was done.

Then I re-read it and looked at the author. Prof. Khuri is a VERY respected Arabic historian, I've read many of his books. He leans politically (as anyone does) but he keeps that outside of his work. His books never showed any bias of any sort, and backs every individual statement with at least 2-3 justifications as evidence.

Now I have to say I'm not surprised many Arabs like France. With their dogged opposition to the Iraq war (though spurred through corruption), to their growing Anti-Semite population (something most Arabs like) it's no wonder. However with their just recent Algerian war I'm very surprised how quickly they forgot about the atrocities that went on there (while listing every Israeli one since their formation).

There was another time when I was reading Khuri in which I was watching the Discovery channel and to my surprise he was on it. He stated something that has stuck with me, and every Arab student that I've come to talk to agreed. He said that the VAST majority of Muslims and Arabs dont hate the US. They are angry with it because of many views of theirs hold us to a height that we cant even reach. They saw us topple Saddam in 2 weeks, something they couldnt do in 30 years despite many attempts. They saw us bomb their buildings without hitting one just feet away, in the middle of the night, in a storm. They saw us do all these wonderful things, yet many places still dont have water or electrisity. So many take the view that we are simply lazy, or dont want to. Anyways, thought I'd add something extra from him. If you want the source I couldnt remember what the name of that show was, but there was a second one with him in "Roots of 9/11" also on Discovery.