Jonah Goldberg asks, "Are th Arabs really this stupid?" regarding the anti-American propaganda in the Middle East which charges that the war in Iraq is genocide.


It's the same question I used to have about the Democrats who defended Bill Clinton in l'affaire Monica. Sadly, I've concluded that, yes, they are.

As for the Arabs, I don't think they're so much stupid as ignorant. They've been taught from childhood that we are infidels and the fact that we support Israel doesn't help. Beyond that, it's hard to say what individuals really think in these countries, because the mere allegation of being a supporter of Israel and now the U.S. is enough to get you lynched.

I guess the better question, given our continued "friendship" with Saudi Arabia and our billions in aid to Egypt is "Are Americans really this stupid?"

What this really tells us about Arabs is how little they understand America, because if we were really trying to carry out systematic genocide anywhere, as many of our anti-war crowd like to claim, the support for the war here would evaporate overnight. The typical Arab probably can't imagine the public anywhere having that kind of influence on government.
Update: Quinn Hillyer agrees.