This is with reference to the article “Understanding Israeli mindset” (July 20) by Jamal Doumani. It is perhaps the easiest thing to understand Jewish mentality and perhaps the most difficult task to make sense of their strategy. To understand Israeli mindset, one does not need to have a Ph.D. It is very much clear that the Israelis use deception as a tool to promote their interests. They believe that they are the best people in the world that is why they don’t feel bad about killing innocent people. Arrogance usually blinds a person to such an extent that his/her thinking capability gets badly affected and he/she commits grave mistakes. It also applies to a nation or a group of people. Recent examples are US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. Leaders of the United States and of the so-called modern world were thinking that they would be accorded a savior’s welcome and people would greet them with garlands. Basically it was arrogance at its best. The US and its allies ignored the calls of the United Nations and other countries to abstain from attacking Iraq and Afghanistan. But at that time, the slogan “You are with us, or against us!” was playing its magic. The result is a chaotic Middle East, a relatively economically weak United States and world in the clutches of extremism. Nobody benefits from arrogance, as it just provides a temporary sense of superiority but the consequences are often disastrous. That is exactly what Israel is doing in the region with the help of its die-hard supporters. It is arrogance at its best but Israel should remember: What goes around comes around! — Nadeem Khan, Jubail
Height of arrogance
