In case you were wondering…
Why normal people laugh at the “Hate us for our freedoms” notion, read the following:
U.S. Intervention in the Middle East
“Why do people in the Middle East hate the United States,” people are asking, in the wake of the events of September 11.
This partial chronology of U.S. intervention in the Middle East illustrates the lengths to which the U.S. power structure has gone to gain and maintain U.S. domination of the Middle East–a region considered key to the U.S.’s standing as an imperialist world power. This is not a complete list of the invasions, bombings, assassinations, coups and other interventions by the U.S. government, its allies, or its client states, nor does it fully document the U.S.’s economic domination and exploitation of the region’s people and resources.
Since the west has been screwing with these people since at least 1920, I’d say they’ve been rather patient in smacking us back, wouldn’t you?
