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These thoughts are not yet finished. The US media has been to self-centered to explain the real reasons to the US population.

The real Reasons many people hate America.

1) Significant numbers of Muslims have died at US hands.

2) The US continually has played games of 'global stability' at the expense of millions in Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Few americans have died in these wars/ 'police actions'. Much of the world has suffered and desperately wished America could really feel its pain. But Nielsen ratings have shown that "pain does not play".

3) Most American's are ignorant of even the names of the countries that our tax dollars have been used to decimate. It is obviously a machine gone out of control.

4) Pattern: US funds rebellion or war against another country. Later the funded turn into our worst enemy. Iraq was trained and funded by us against Iran. Afghanistan was trained and funded by us against Soviet Union. Pakistan is next.

These are valid reasons for hatred towards America.
Extremists feel that WTC, the embassies and the Cole are valid responses to previous strikes by the US against Islam.

Possible resolution scenario:

1) Significant damage done to terrorist networks by intelligence, special forces, diplomatic and military action towards 'safe harbors'. Islamic Terrorists will fight harder than before, will come up faster, give their lives more readily.

2) Excessive NATO military action and presence leads the most extreme and unstable states (Iraq and Afghanistan) into desperate and (to our minds) irrational acts.

The US relationship with Pakistan is very shaky. US media and gov't are referring ignorantly or wishfully to Pakistan as 'our friends'. The taliban themselves live in Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. Some Pakistanis support the taliban. Pakistan has nuclear capability and seeks to have embargoes lifted and aid given. And it wants help in its struggle with India over land.

It is true that most of the Islamic world does not wish a full scale war. Even if most or many Muslims disagree with NATO post-war treatment of Iraq, and US support for Israel (that is in fact itself borderline terrorist). Nobody of sound mind wishes to follow the path towards WWIII.