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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
If you are a conservative, it's because they hate our freedoms. If you are a liberal, it's because of our actions against them spanning decades.
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They should teach both and leave it up to the individual to choose which should be weighted more. But both are factors.
The truth is in the middle. Many in those countries see our lifestyle as decadent and an affront to their religious way of life. In that respect, they hate our freedoms. But that alone isn't what compels them to want to suicide bomb us. The other truth is that we have meddled in their affairs for years pitting one faction against another and arming them, installing puppet regimes, sanctions, etc.
We should 1) stop meddling in their affairs 2) open trade and continue buying their oil. They need us more than we need them. They have huge oil reserves and need to sell it to make their money. This would lessen "terrorism". It's only increased doing it by invasion and more political games.
If they want to live without the same freedoms that we share in the West, that's their perogative.