safety of some foreign capital, no they were right there sharing the hardships and struggles of the front line troopers. As far as the Arab people not having anything to do with what happened to the Jews in Europe; once again you are wrong. The leader of the Palestinian people at the time and the man Syria, in particular, had set up as the spokesman for Arab Palestine, was none other than Hajj Amin al-Husayni the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. It was this man that after slipping out of Syria in early 1940 turns up in Europe, where he renewed his friendship with one Adolf Eichmann and his boss Adolf Hitler.

There he became one of the initiators of the systematic extermination of European Jewry and a collaborator and adviser to both Eichmann and Himmler. He was one of Eichmann's best friends and was constantly inciting him to accelerate the extermination measures. Accompanied by Eichmann he was known to have visited the gas chamber of Auschwitz, where he requested and was allowed to the witness the extermination of innocent civilians. Something he had hoped to accomplish in Palestine no doubt. This is the same Grand Mufti that helped Hitler to form special Muslim battalions in the German army, which saw action against the allies. It was through him and his connections in the "innocent" Arab world that many S.S. officers turned up in Syria and the Arab countries after the war to help them train and in some cases even joined and aided the Arabs in the entire Middle East. No Mr. Muhammad, with all due respect, I cannot buy your arguments that the Arabs lost the war because the Zionist were better armed and more numerous than the Arabs.

However, even if that was the truth in 1948, what was your excuse in 1956, in 1967 and every war since? We all know that you had the overwhelming support of the Soviet Union, who trained and gave you the latest and most advanced Russian weapons available at the time, including Soviet pilots. Some of whom flew missions against Israel and were shot down."

Back and forth the arguments went for well over three hours. Finally, Fazzi ended the session by saying, "as you can see we all have a different view of history. I just wanted you to know ours. History is in the eye of the viewer. It is our view that I wanted you to hear and get to know and to appreciate. I repeat; there are many views of what constitutes history. I am sure that in the English view of American history Benedict Arnold was the last great American and George Washington was a turncoat traitor. I am also sure that the American Indian has a vastly different view of United States History then that which is taught in your schools. Gentlemen today the United States and England are the strongest of allies and the American Indian will soon take back their country over the gambling table. So I leave you to ponder the question, what is History? Is it all bull dung, as your Mr. Henry Ford said, or is it what we make of it? I thank you for giving me this chance to tell you first hand what the Arab people think. And to prove that there are no hard feelings, Sgt. Benson not only you but also everyone here is invited to a little party that the Arab/American community is going to give in Paterson, New Jersey. You are invited as my personal guests. I think you will