This is what you get when a US President (Bush) declares war on Islam

[Hugabear]

Bush may have never uttered the words "war on Islam", but his policies pretty much said it in droves.

Of course it doesn't help that Pres. Obama has decided to continue that war against Islam, by authorizing drone strikes in Muslim countries around the globe.

We can't say that we didn't bring this on ourselves. To blame this on some backwoods preacher is naive. The anger has been building for years, if not decades. But it was Bush who made 'war against Islam' official US policy.

[randome]

1. We did not bring this on ourselves.

The blame is on the murderers. Yes, the U.S. murders innocent people sometimes. But do you have any evidence that is what inspired the Libyan murderers or you just want to assume that?

Everything I've heard is that they felt 'insulted'. Are you saying that is incorrect?

The 'backwoods preacher' should also be condemned in as loud a tone as possible.

[Hugabear]

4. You don't think anger has been building in the Middle East?

I would think that US treatment towards Muslim nations over the past decade or so would have a lot to do with the anger we see.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I would think that US activies for the past , oh let's say, 50 years inspired the Libyan attack.

It is pretty clear now that the protests in Egypt and the attack in Libya are two separate and non-linked activities.

[phleshdef]

8. Go fuck yourself you slack jawed troll.

I'm sure the jury will get me for that, but its totally worth it.

[Zoeisright]

10. Plus one billion.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. It goes back quite a bit further than that

Consider the Iranian hostage situation uinder Carter

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Goes back much farther than that. How about our overthrow of Iran's duly elected

democracy in 1953? We tried to contain Nassar in the same time frame. Our CIA coups in Iraq and Syria in the late 50's? And now there's our use of drones.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. That was more political than religious

This is more the US is the Great Satan kind of thing