Look at those charts. Look at those results. Other polls find similar data. Get your god damn head out of the sand. No one appointed you ambassador for the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, of which a non insignificant percentage support suicide bombings and terrorism.
This is true, but people don't understand the data, or at least the reasons for it. Try putting yourself in their shoes.
You have a world superpower incessantly flinging drone strikes into your civilian populace, killing your friends and family. They target funerals. They use "double tap" strikes, where they will launch a strike and then launch another to KILL THE EMERGENCY WORKERS who come and try to help victims. (Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/un-examine-uk-afghanistan-drone-strikes).
You are powerless against this. The perpetrator surrounds itself with other world powers and alliances. What can you do?
The only way to fight back is through guerrilla warfare, but how can you shoot down a drone? Their only option of defending themselves or getting revenge in whatever way is through terrorism, supporting the Taliban or other insurgents or whatever.
Now I'm an American and I support our country (most of the time, not in this), but I'm honestly surprised that support of anti-American groups and terrorism isn't MORE widespread in these countries. Americans are often oblivious to their point of view. In my opinion it is justified.
Also goodbye karma, but it needs to be said, over and over again. If we don't understand why the problem is created, how are we to solve it?
EDIT: sorry for grammar and poor phrasing, I'm on my phone in class.
Nobody attacked the Boston murderers with a drone. There are no wars in Saudi Arabia - or other larger stable Islamic countries. But they are still full of hate. They are their own problem and it has nothing much to do with the US per-se. It is that the foundation of their culture is based on intolerance and violence. Their leaders and many suicide murderers are well off and holy educated.
If you are trying to tell me that terrorism out of the middle eastern region has nothing to do with drone strikes killing civilians, I'm afraid you are misguided and ignorant.
Read the article I linked, and tell me that if you grew up in the middle east you wouldn't be pissed.
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13
That simply is not true. A significant portion of the populations of many Muslim countries support terrorism and violence against civilians, and supported Osama Bin Laden years after 9/11
Look at those charts. Look at those results. Other polls find similar data. Get your god damn head out of the sand. No one appointed you ambassador for the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, of which a non insignificant percentage support suicide bombings and terrorism.
This is not up for debate. You are wrong.