Understanding Muslim Anger at America
Interesting article about perceptions of America in the Muslim world.
Over the last decade, since 9/11, hostility in the Muslim world
toward the United States has been the primary focus of US foreign
policy. America’s approach to this problem has primarily been military;
seeking to eliminate those forces, primarily al Qaeda, who seek to do
harm to America, and defending now-friendly governments in Afghanistan
and Iraq to ensure that these hostile forces do not find a new base of
operations.
However, the problem of hostility toward the United States should not
be seen as simply a function of a relatively small band of militants
ready to take up arms against America. Such militants arise from a
larger society that breeds and in various ways sustains them. Dealing
with the problem of Muslim hostility toward the US thus requires
addressing the larger problem of hostility toward America in the larger
society. The first step is understanding its roots.
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