Why do the terrorists hate us?

Question

You're right, the US does maintain its standard of living by monopolizing most of the world's resources, and there is great resentment over that, but it goes much deeper.

Like many on the religious right in the US, militant Muslims have great anxiety over the rapidly increasing secularizing of the world. They see traditional values being abandoned, women forgetting their place, young people having sex outside of marriage, gays being tolerated and even embraced, abortion becoming acceptable, and the love of money taking the place of the love of God. And when they look for the causes of these changes, the most powerful symbols they see are American music, American movies, American television, American attitudes. When they call America "The Great Satan," it's not just rhetoric. Like American fundamentalists, they feel that Satan must be at large in American culture for these things to be happening.

Add to this the forceful removal of Palestinians from their homes by an Israeli governme

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Answer 1

I think Muslims are much more unhappy about American economic hegemony than American cultural hegemony.

We don't force people at gunpoint to drink Coca Cola and wear Levis, or to accept premarital sex and abortion. We -do- intervene to meddle in their politics and accept the governments we choose for them. We keep more than a billion people all over the world in desperate poverty by arming and training dictators to keep their own people under control. We get involved in every civil war, every popular revolution, we pick a side based on our corporate interests.

There would be no Islamic governments in the world today if we hadn't intervened in Iran 50 years ago to throw out a legitimately elected president who only wanted to keep more of the oil wealth in the country. We also brought the Ba'athists to power in Iraq, and armed both sides to fight each other in a war that lasted ten years and killed more than a million people. Both the Islamic revolution in Iran and Saddam's 'reign of terror' were unintended consequences of our covert and overt meddling in the region. Presidents of both parties have been guilty of this. We call it 'exporting democracy'.

Answer 2

Ok the hatred and so forth mentioned here is not common to all Muslims.

The breeding ground for the ill feelings of the Fundamentalists towards America is decades of questionable foreign policy and overhanded global policing tactics. America, in the quest to do the right thing, have made many mistakes throughout the world. They have said one thing and done another and many people have died as a result of this and the hysteria about communism and other political and social movements around the world.

No doubt that the US was attempting to help everyone but well we simply didn't understand things as we do now. Oh and America and Australia (my country) and many other countries continue to make poor judgement calls in the name of peace and freedom, but you have to break some eggs to make an omelet.

The money thing is an issue but if this were the biggest issue then countries like India would be rising up too and wanting to kill the west, but they dont, they want to become like us in so many ways.

Sadly now in many ways it is too late, due to poverty, generations of families who have seen casualties and indoctrination by the false versions of the Koran peddled by the extremist muslim groups (which by the way are probably less dangerous than fundamentalist christians who are presently in power in the US) has fostered a very dangerous situation that wont quickly be defused.

It's not right for our side to say "you are wrong pull your heads in" as it is not right for their side to say the same thing. All parties are complicit and must accept that they must do the right thing.

But maybe the rich and in the past harmful nations should take the first step and really try to give something more than rhetoric to these people who have been opressed for so long. Israel and the US really should lead the way, mainly Israel, it needs to realise that simply being there is enough of a problem today so some kind of contributions must be made and acceptance that religion is not a reason to hate others.

Answer 3

Terrorists do no longer hate us for our freedoms. They hate us for their loss of it. because of the fact of this the Arab Spring has been so efficient at scaling down on terrorism. The dictatorial governments that have held sway for see you later can no longer deflect the anger of the streets at some a procedures off boogeyman. And in case you seem on the terrorist strikes only over the final couple of weeks, aside from some NATO and US forces in Afghanistan, they have killed lots extra of their very very own than us. Blowing up a mosque in Kandahar does no longer in any way practice hatred for the US. And now the Irish are at it back and that i be attentive to they do no longer hate the US. Edit: by using how, what freedoms have been taken remote from you?

Answer 4

because we not only show the world that we get by just fine without their fanatical religious beliefs, but that we even live a better standard of living, this is a threat to their status of power over their people, add this to the fact that we led the way in reconizing isreal and that makes us the great "satan".

as for thoes that want to plame bush remember the first wtc bombing as well as the uss cole and the 3 embassy bombing all happened under clinton, so the beliefe that this is Republican. Vs. terrorists is ignorant,

Answer 5

The rise of fundamentalism among the islamic youth are due to the fact that the islam hasn't produced any mahathmaas like ' Ramakrishna paramahamsa, Ramana, Vivekananda, Shirdi Sai, Ramalinga, Gandhiji ' in the recent past.
Wisdom is the best weapon to fight against the real evils which work against the vital and fundamental codes of islam and other religions.

Answer 6

This is great. To an extent, the muslims have a point. They are not completely correct though. But they make a good point. A reasonable President would recognize that and see about improving things. Hollywood is trash. They create lots of it. What do we stand for? We seem a bit lost. We want to be more tolerant but there has to be a line and it needs to be reasonable. Who defines reasonable? I don't know. Someone who is smart and intelligent with honorable intentions. In some ways, I think our freedom is our biggest enemy because some people just avoid the responsibilities that go along with it. It's like my way or the highway. There aren't enough shades of gray. There isn't enough give and take. There isn't enough consideration for others.
Do we want to live in a civilized society? People are ruder, more short-tempered, and more selfish. Why? We are all stressed to the max and don't feel in control. That's what I think. That's how I feel.
What right do we have to tell them how to live? We need to get out of their country but we can't because we want the oil. That's what brought other countries to that region in the first place. They have been fighting with each other for years. That's why my relatives left Lebanon. They got tired of the fighting.

I would pull Hollywood out and work on respecting their culture and way of life. I would not try to thrust our opinions and business on them. Look at the U.S. Do we have any moral authority anymore? We are arguing about if waterboarding is torture? It is torture and it is illegal. I hope the U.S. government (Bush/Cheney) do get sued. It is not American. I will not make any excuses for what they have done. They most certainly have tortured innocents. Even if they did torture the bad guys, it's still torture. It's wrong and illegal. All of this is complex and it's not black/white. I don't want to bring it to that level. It doesn't belong there.

Answer 7

The original goal of al Qaida was to overthrow the Saud royal family and turn the holy sites in Saudi Arabia into a new Islamic caliphate.
bin Laden's first act of terorism was an attempt to overthrow the Saud regime, and he was exiled. His hatred of the western world stems from the monetary and weapon support that keeps the Saud royals in power.
That is why he attacked our financial center.

The Saud royals walk a tightrope between the wahabbi fundamentalists clerics that give them political support, and the western money. They keep a lid on a powderkeg.

It's more of a "rule the world" thing than a culture clash.

Answer 8

How can you honestly equate Islamists to even the most fundamentalist of Christians in America? Being religious doesnt make you an insane killer who believes all who are not of your faith deserve to die. You will not find a group of Christians terrorizing civilians or physically attacking other religious groups.
A lot of people grow up poor and in this world hundreds of millions grow up somewhat oppressed but they do not become terrorists. Terrorism stems from a black heart. People may fight back against a government or military targets when they are oppressed but only the pure evil will attack civilian populations to instill fear.
There is no equating American Christian fundamentalists (who can be a little wierd and may preach that God looks down upon you or whatever) with Radical Islamists who slaughter all those who oppose them including moderate Muslims

Disengenuous argument but I think you knew that when you posted it

Answer 9

The American government has the position that we must spread our brand of democracy by force. At least that is what they tell the American people, and unfortunately, a lot of them buy it.

The reality is that the US supports brutal dictators all over the world because these leaders return the favor by giving preferred access to local resources, and exploitable labor, to American, and European, corporations.

This is what they rebel against.

Answer 10

They hate people who go on their holy land that aren't Muslim such as the american military! They are also religious fanatics that are swayed easily by their governments to hate anybody that disobeys their Gods orders. They hate freedom because they are blinded by their rulers(priests, politicians that "give them things(shitty things)", and brainwashed parents)! They remind me alot of Republicans and Democrats, just with more hate!