Good post, farhad!

If you liked this, check out the full movie at http://www.videosift.com/video/We-Featuring-the-words-of-Arundhati-Roy

yes excellent post, we in the US -never- hear how this whole thing really started.

A Great Speech by Ms. Arundhati-Roy. Well balanced approach. But,alas,dated now. It is atrocious what happened to the Palestinians and how the land was divided up after WW 2 This is ugly face of true oppression. I have never agreed with what happened to the Palestinians and it is a mistake for the U.S. government to blindly support everything Israel does---but remember--- the U.S. Government has been sharply critical of Israel's actions on occasions. I believe their deadly over-reactive assaults against any threats are due in large part to the atrocious and inhuman treatment they sustained during World War 2 at the bloody hands of the Nazis but it is no excuse for the Israeli's to be as inhuman as the Nazis were. It is also because of Islamic groups like Hamas want Israel as a country- destroyed. The Arab world should not "hate" Americans. Many of us do not support everything that Israel does. The Arab world should not support or allow Islamic Bombers to continue to kill innocents either!

With that said, Islamic suicide bombers from the Arab world are no solution to the huge and complex problem. I would love to see the creation of a viable Palestinian State with a leader as eloquent and effective as Ms. Arundhati-Roy. I've been praying for that for years now. Sadly, the Palestinians are now killing each other as the political civil war betwween Fatah and Hamas continues.

The suicide bombers deadly and (now) indiscriminate rage is counter-productive ( and blindly destructive) and in 'the world's eyes' they have become the scourge of the threat of death to everyone else on the planet and with every bombing that kills innocent people (that have never done anything personally too hurt them) --the suicide bombers are destroying their cause for freedom and Islam by using their distorted interpretation of "the jihad" as justification to blindly murder the World's people. This is not what Mohammad wanted or meant in my opinion. Every bomb that goes off set by Muslim suicide killers that murders innocent people radiates out towards all people and causes great pain, dis-respect, grief and anger and causes more problems for the Palestinian people (and all Arabs) and for Islam.

It is smart to be politically savvy and the Arab leaders along with the US must work towards the creation of a Palestinian State with the rights and freedoms they want. The Palestinians and the Arabs (in general) must show the world that they are a STABLE people. I understand why the American Government would be compelled to support Israel as they seem to be the only country in the region that has some political rationality considering the fact they have nuclear arms and have the emotional stability to NOT use them even though they have about as much anger going on as the Arabs. At this point in history I seriously doubt that Islamic Extremists would havt the maturity and emotional stability TO NOT use a nuclear bomb if they had it.
Muslim "Jihadist" Extremists have "gone completely MAD" with bombs and blowing things up including themselves and their Arab kin. This is why the U.S. does not want insane governments like Iran or North Korea developing "the bomb" as there leaders have shown the world that they are not emotionally stable or mature enough to safeguard the interests of the entire world's people who want the world and all it's beauty to surviv

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totally agree farhad.
i repost this on my blog every six months.
sometimes because it is taken down,but mainly because arundhati roys words are so poignant,succinct and have a poetic lilt that captivates the most A.D.D of us.
her words are honest and real,and helps many americans fit the missing puzzle pieces that they are not getting from traditional media.
if i had one video to post,only ONE,to help convey the way i think and what i would most like to convey...
this video would be it.
you can watch the film in its entirety at google video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4100322562082185221&ei=pS9kSZGPE4H0-wGdkcS4Dg&q=arundhati+roy+we+come+september

great post farhad,i really love your work.
namaste.
till next time..peace.

We is actually posted in it's entirety on VS at:

http://www.videosift.com/video/We-Featuring-the-Words-of-Arundhati-Roy