[IMC-Editorial] Letter on Bush's Meeting with Ariel Sharon

[The Ayn Rand Institute]

Dear Editor:

After a meeting this Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, President Bush 
called on Arab states "to reject the culture of extremism and violence" that is a 
fundamental cause of terrorism. Unfortunately, the president's call will fall on deaf 
ears.

Palestinian culture is a culture of death. In this culture it is considered proper and 
moral to dress children in the garb of suicide bombers, to idolize those who kill 
themselves in the process of murdering women and children, to teach in school that Jews 
are evil and must be swept into the sea, and to govern through economic and political 
corruption, and through torture and murder. Palestinian culture is irrational and 
dangerous and not open to reason. 

Israel, like any free state, has the right, if attacked, to destroy such an enemy. The 
blame for the violence rests not with the culture of life defending itself but with 
those death seekers who believe only in destruction. When will Americans and their media 
get it?

Sincerely,

Scott A. McConnell
Ayn Rand Institute

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