MitchellC wrote:Many who lived in Central or South America from the sixties to the eighties would probably like to say something about this. Our past isn't so squeaky clean.
This is what I'm driving at; You need to go deeper into this current problem. Saying they hate us because we are tolerant is a Faux News soundbyte and thats all.
Here's some quick thoughts:
Look at the Treaty of Versailles and how the Mid East was divided up and then put back together. How many Ethnic Enemies did we now put under one government? How much crap did we give away to Ibn Saud? Why?
This is the big one...... In any decade, look at who we are arming at the current moment? We have armed just about every dictator in that area at any given times. Once we achieved whatever goal we wanted to by arming said dictator, what did he do with those U.S. Government weapons? How does it look to an average towns person in that area to have the US come in and support a man/beast who just terrorizes his own people? Does this make us look like hypocrites to those towns people(hint... yes)? Does it look like we're throwing our might around and running their country by being such imperial pigs? (maybe)
Sorry if the above seems all self righteous, it's not supposed to be. I just want to ask some questions so some people do some thinking on their own. Theres a reason why we're hated, and it's not because of the religion.
An old Lebonese professor, I had, once said something to the effect of: "the Mid East has been around longer than your country has been around. They don't forget anything. It can take 100 years before you see the repercussions of your actions there.. " (I think I horribly butchered the quote, but the gist is right)
