Originally Posted by chevy28360

It is true that a 'hate America' culture has arisen in the Muslim world. It is very true that certain elements within the jihadist movement want a strict version of the Muslim faith to spread across the entire world. However, it is incorrect to blame the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on the more radical elements of the jihadists movement, and it is equally short sighted to see the current 'hate America' culture as the cause of 9/11. Not because it is not an issue, but because it ignores the question originally asked, "why".

To understand why, you have to go back to the very first incident. Operation Ajax. This was a covert operation by American and English intelligence agencies to overthrow the democratically elected Mohamed Mossadeq. You read that correctly, Mossadeq was 'DEMOCRATICALY' elected. Yet we overthrew him and installed the Sha of Iran, converting Iran into more or less a dictatorship. The people of Iran were outraged, and in the concurrent revolution in 1979, American hostages were taken as a direct result. The very first terrorist incident was incited by the American Government itself. After this, America has continuously berated countries in the middle-east with abhorrent acts. From the billion dollar support of Israel, a state widely held among Muslims as murderous, to the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians in the gulf war, to the millions dead from starvation due to sanctions supported by America. So, given this, you ask "why do they hate us". I think a better question would be, "why wouldn't they hate us".

I love this country, and I profoundly value the principles on which this great nation was founded. However, we have allowed the government that runs this nation to destroy those values. Take a look at our policies over the last fifty years and ask yourself, "Is this what those brave souls who penned the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution envisioned?" My fellow Americans, I think not.