Increased hatred of the US=Increased terrorism. Are Americans really too stupid to understand this equation?

Question

“Old Europe”
“Axis of Evil”
“You’re either with us or against us”
“Islamo-Fascists”
“Crusade”

Eg, re the ‘Axis of Evil’, a bit of education for ignorant Americans:
Iran, being Shia, is fiercely opposed to Al Qaeda.
More importantly, being Persian, the POPULACE has historically been the most anti-Arab and PRO-AMERICAN of all the Middle Eastern Muslim nations. This has, however, all changed after they were dismissed as part of the ‘Axis of Evil’

Note that I referred to the POPULACE, if the current US administration was less incompetent they would have encouraged the overthrow of the Iranian leaders, rather than stoking nationalism.

Answer 1

People hate what's better than them.

Look at the VT Shooting Manifesto. He constantly talked about how much he hated "wealthy" people. Well, the US is wealthy and powerful. People hate us for that and the fact that we are so ignorant to the outside world.

Answer 2

I have spent years studying Iran, and you are right on point. Iranians actually appreciate America. They just hate imperialism. Bush really screwed up with the "Axis of Evil" statement. The U.S. is stoking nationalism at the worst time. Most of the population is young. They have a chance of growing up and overthrowing the Islamic regime. By forcing our beliefs on them, we are driving them away. The Muslim Iranians do not necessarily want to be ruled by Islamic law, but they will not give up Islam. They need to find their own balance between rights and religion, and we need to mind our own business.

Answer 3

"being Persian, the POPULACE has historically been the most anti-Arab and PRO-AMERICAN of all the Middle Eastern Muslim nations. "

Absolutely the most ludicrous, mis-informed statement I have read on Yahoo Answers.

Have you ever thought of consulting an an Alienist?

Answer 4

The CIA sponsored a coup that installed the Shah of Iran in power, and he turned out to be a brutal dictator. If you are wondering why they don't like us you might want to start here. I've heard that the Shah executed 10,000 political prisoners in a single day once. That might have something to do with why the US isn't liked much in Iran. And it gets even more complicated than that - read a book on Middle East history, and prepare to be very confused - its insanely complicated. Your solution is simple, but it won't work.

Answer 5

No. We rail against our government more strongly than anyone else. When will the rest of the world realize that Americans are more than their government. We've been long embarassed by our current administration's penchance for bad spin and not putting a muzzle on the fruit that was handed the presidency 2nd time around.

Answer 6

Yes, yes they are, for the most part. Even now, the movement in the U.S. to end the Iraq occupation comes not from a concern for world image, from a desire to do that which is right--rather, it comes only from the desire to minimize U.S. troop death. But the problem actually starts one step before your analysis. See, if you start from the assumption that every good, reasonable person in the world wants to either be in the U.S. or wants their country to be like the U.S., and then you find other people who disagree with that idea, then they must be sick, twisted, terrorist types. It's the U.S.'s terrible hubris (something to which we are not at all uniquely disposed--think Britain in the colonial period) that causes soooo much of our problems...that and unbelievable greed. But, as a minor defense, every part of our media--including news, movies, tv, etc.--is controlled by powerful corporate interests who have shaped the U.S. into the consumerist nightmare that it is.

Answer 7

I disagree. Fighting in Iraq has turned more non-extremists into haters of the US than anything else. Iraq was no more involved in 9/11 than Iran. Osama, was a lot more involved, so why did we spend so much more on Iraq and Saddam than him? I mean, he started the fight and outsmarted the smartest gov't in the world right? Iraq was a personal vendetta at best. It wasn't the oil because the cost has gone up tremendously since we went over there. It wasn't terrorism because that too has gone up ridiculously since we went over there. I would have spent a lot more on fixing the problems on our soil or at least closing our borders and getting down to why 9/11 happened to prevent it from happening ever again.

Answer 8

Are Americans really as ignorant of the outside world as the guy above me?

Are all Americans really as ignorant about the explosion in anti-Americanism all over the world in the last 6 years?

Answer 9

Damn what did you do to stop any of this? Or are you a supporter of terrorist? How would you have stopped there networking? You have all the answeres don't you. This is not one of those things better left alone. Action is needed but the reall question here should be what action?

Answer 10

If this equation were to be true, you must support civilian attacks agains nations you dislike. It's this act of violent pacification that confuses most and I can't understand how you could support that because most of the world won't.

Answer 11

We're not stupid, just don't see it the same as you do.
Maybe everyone hates a loser, and Democrats are
ranting about US losing the war, pulling out, crying
about casualities, cutting funds for the war, and taking
sides with the enemy instead of our own nation, so other
countries have lost faith in US being a super power now.