Why Do Muslims Hate Us?

Why They Hate Us (II): How Many Muslims Has The U.S. Killed In The Past 30 Years? -- Stephen Walt/Foreign Policy

Tom Friedman had an especially fatuous column in Sunday's New York Times, which is saying something given his well-established capacity for smug self-assurance. According to Friedman, the big challenge we face in the Arab and Islamic world is "the Narrative" -- his patronizing term for Muslim views about America's supposedly negative role in the region. If Muslims weren't so irrational, he thinks, they would recognize that "U.S. foreign policy has been largely dedicated to rescuing Muslims or trying to help free them from tyranny." He concedes that we made a few mistakes here and there (such as at Abu Ghraib), but the real problem is all those anti-American fairy tales that Muslims tell each other to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions.

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My Comment: Stephen Walt presents an interesting argument .... but he ignores one thing. When the history of Jihad from Muhammad to Bin Laden is taken into account .... we see millions murdered, millions more enslaved, and a conflict that shows no sign of stopping.

The question that should then be asked is why we do not hate the Muslims even more .... especially when one looks at their 1400 year history and treatment of non-(Muslim) believers.