Raed responds

Yesterday after posting my response to Raed below (which I've cleaned up a bit), and sending a copy to him (I don't think he reads this blog often), I calmed down and realized that my harsh language would be counterproductive. So I sent him an apology for the language, without backing down from the substance of my argument.

He responded very graciously. He didn't try to argue. I hope he's thinking about what I said.

It's important to bear in mind that some of the folks over there get their news from al Jazreea and al Arabya the way we get ours from Fox. Sometimes what looks like willful ignorance is just ignorance.

I hope that's the case with Raed.