Hosni Mubarak
In response to “Mubarak Should Call an Election,” Commentary, March 26:
Fadwa El Guindi’s article on Hosni Mubarak quickly sinks into the mire of tritely blaming the United States for the war in the Gulf, the deterioration of morality in Islamic countries and blaming Israel for initiating wars in the Middle East.
She ignores the historical fact that the Arab nations have started all of the wars with Israel and that more Palestinians die by the hands of Arabs than by Israelis. Scapegoating the U.S. and Israel just does not cut the mustard anymore.
If the Islamic movement is ready to state that it is not the only true and correct religion and that everyone else’s beliefs are not invalid, then it should start considering a peace movement in order to get along with everyone else in the world. Like the former Soviet Union, the Arab nations can rejoin the world arena if they will try to get along with others peaceably.
My fear is that peace is not really the Islamic nations’ real goal, which is what is indicated if you read between the lines of El Guindi’s article.
MICHAEL A. WATERMAN
Encino
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