Last week I rashly predicted that some would blame the U.S and Israel for causing the earthquake and the resulting tsunami. Some thought that I was being excessively sarcastic, or even bigoted. 
 
Oh that it were so!  But I am a prophet; sadly I was absolutely correct. The January 4, 2005 NBC Nightly News showed clips from alArabiya television, which is popular all over the Arab world, where many commentators seriously "proved" that the Big Satan (the US) and the Little Satan (Israel) set off  underground nuclear explosions which resulted in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.  
 
Hate TV continues as Moslem scholars discuss the perverted life in these two countries, even warning against contributing to relief efforts as infidels and non believers may be helped.  Maybe that explains the restrained response from the Arab and Moslem world which are quite close to the disaster areas. 
 
Watch and listen yourself to understand what kind of enemy the US and Israel face.

Ethel C. Fenig  1 05 05