Originally posted by Skydancer
Don't wage war on terror try and work out why these people hate you! then there might not be a need for a war on terror. Just a thought!
There's no real need to try to understand why they hate the USA (and you too,btw, skydancer). Hell, they'll come right out and TELL you why.
1. We are infidels who do not accept that Mohamed (however you wanna spell it) is the pophet of God.
2. Our "decadent" western civilization is "oppressing" them by buying oil from their "leaders".
3. We object to their stated goal of turning the world into an islamist theocracy.
4. Our "decadent" western culture is destroying their "pure" culture of islam via television, radio, and movies.
5. W are "rich", they are not. They blame us for that condition.
6. We support Israel, their greatest enemy.
IT'S A CULTURAL CLASH, man. Get the point. They don't like non-muslims, and would like to kill us. The same cultural clash is going on now in the Balkans, in the former Soviet republics, in SE Asia, and in western Europe. This conflict has been going on since the Dark Ages (muslim expansion into Europe, Asia, and Africa), has continued throughout history since then, and I don't see the end of it coming anytime soon.
Trying to "understand" them won't end it.