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I was just reading your very interesting article on John Huston. It's great to read about all the pearls of his career drawn up on one string, so to speak. Thanks.

p>Incidentally, Wise Blood , a favorite of mine, starred Brad Dourif in the role of Hazel Motes, and not Ned Beatty, as it says in the article. Just thought I'd mention it. br> -- K. Harber /p> p> TAKE THE MONEY AND HATE br> Re: Joseph Shattan's Mossad Man : /p>

Very interesting book! Shattan quotes Halevy, "Whereas at the senior and top levels of government in the Arab world there has been a steadily growing acceptance of Israel as a reality -- and, by some, even as a vital partner in the fight against violence and hate -- these very same regimes have nurtured and in some cases even encouraged popular activities that have run contrary to their so-called strategic policies and interests."

Anyone familiar with just the English language versions of Arabic websites, not to mention the Arabic versions, knows that Arab governments use their state-owned media to stir up hatred of the U.S. and Israel. Egypt, the country we bribe with $2 billion each year to play nice with Israel, is the worst and has made its population the most virulently anti-American and anti-Semitic in the region. They do this, according to one Arab journalist, in order to blunt efforts by the U.S. at forcing democracy on them. Arabs have completely fooled the State Department, which still considers many Arab nations to be pro-U.S., while at the same time being utterly confounded as to why their citizens hate us so much. For weekly examples of incitement of its citizens to hate the U.S., just visit the website of the English version of Al Ahram.

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