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Originally Posted by ChevyBalls
I don't disagree with that. But how do those people get those viewpoints? State run media. There is no "free press" in a lot of those countries. The state run media feeds the people so called "information" on what they want their puppets to hear. Unless you are going to tell me that there is freedom of the press over there.
They also teach it in the schools from early on. I saw a recent palestinian version of Sesame Street. They asked a 6 year old little girl what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said she wanted to be a suicide bomber.
Why is there so much poverty in those oil rich countries? Is that the United States fault too? We buy their oil at record prices per barrel, and then take the money on back?
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To say that the Arabs get their viewpoints from state run media is a gross oversimplification. They get their viewpoints from the media, true, but also from talk in the street, mosques, etc. Just look at the Arab countries where (fundamentalist) Islamist parties are banned from elections and still enjoy widespread support.
The west likes to believe that in democratic elections, the people in the middle east will vote for western-style governments. However, all the evidence so far suggests that they will show far greater support for religious and possibly fundamentalist parties.