No need to hate to break it to me
Been doing a quick piece of research, and I withdraw my statement about it being the No 1 reason, however, I still think it has significant affect having read a few diverse articles.
Also found this page;
http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/...01gilwhite.htm
It is so easy to forget events. This page has reasons for Arab hostility towards the US, and while I absolutely do not subscribe to some of them, it's still an interesting read.
Quoted by JeremySF
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Hate to break it to you, the Palestinian/Israel problem is symbol over substance. Bin Laden has only recently begun using Israel/Palestine as one of his complaints.
The real reasons behind islamo-fascism is as follows:
Believe it or not, during the golden age of Islam, Islam had pronounced influence throughout the world in science, culture and politics. The decline of Islam, which had been going on for centuries, but finally the final blow, the disbanding of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, left muslims wondering what happened. Over the years, the people in the NEWLY defined muslim nations became increasingly disatisfied with regimes and leaders that western powers France and England installed. For years muslims vented their anger at their own governments. But in contemperary times they increasingly began venting their angst outward, to the western supporters of their corrupt governments.
For example, Mubarek in Egypt has a long history of oppressing and quelling disent in that country, yet Egypt has long been one of the leading recipients of U.S. aid (they rank 2nd).
Osama and his lot who also despised their own governments viewed much of their struggle as a struggle against modernity. They yearned for return of the golden age of Islam. They see moderninty as the root cause for the decline of Islam.
If their were peace in Israel and the disputed territories tomorrow, unfortunately terrorism would continue to exist. To cite Israel-Palestine as the source of most of the muslim world's hatred towards the west is not only naive, but a reckless and irresponsible propagagation of one of the greatest myths of the middle east.
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Originally posted by scooby doo as scooby does
The US to help solve the Palestine/Israel problem instead of simply supporting the Israelies. (No 1 reason US hated).
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