Do you know why Islamic terrorists attack us?

Q: Is it because of our values?
A: Not really because of our values, although they really do hate our values. They hate democracy, they hate rights for women, they hate freedom. Islamic militants in general hate the West, but if there motivation was values, why didn't they bomb the Red Light District in Amsterdam on 9/11, or Sweden? These countries are far more "progressive" than America, and much less religious, yet they weren't attacked on 9/11. Don't get me wrong, Islamic militants DO HATE "progressive" values. Witness the assassination of Theo Van Gogh (in the Netherlands), the reaction to the Danish cartoons, etc. But they aren't considered "strategic targets".

Q: Is it because we support Israel?
A: Again, foot soldiers of Al Queda and Iran really do hate Israel, but both AQ and Iran LEADERS USE Israel as a recruiting tool. If they attacked us on 9/11 because we supported Israel, why didn't they just attack Israel on 9/11? Tons of airplanes flying around Israel every day. Yet, they didn't attack Israel on 9/11. Israel is used by AQ and Iran just like Hitler used the Jews: as a scapegoat. Neither AQ or Iran wants a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Q: Is it to take us over militarily?
A: No. The World Trade Center isn't even a military target, unlike Pearl Harbor which was a crucial military target. They know it's not possible to defeat the US militarily with terrorist attacks.

So what is the real reason why Islamic terrorists attack us?
The real reason why they attack us, and other countries in the West, is... to have us pull out of the Middle East.


Q: Why would they want to do that?
A: So they can more easily take over the Middle East.

There is a conflict in the Middle East, between secular, moderate leaders and Islamic militants who want to cast the world into an Islamic theocracy.

This conflict has been going on for quite some time now, but only recently have the pieces started to fall together.

Bin Laden and Al Queda attacked us in the 1990's for the same reason they attack us now: we are preventing them from taking over.

Many countries are under assault by Islamic militants: Iraq is one of them, as is Afghanistan, but so is Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Pakistan. In each of these countries, there is a strong current of Islamic radicalism, and the government has varying degrees of success battling them and keeping them under control (Lebanon I would say is failing the most).

There are other countries that Islamic militants fight in: Somalia (Islamic militants just took over), Sudan, Algeria, India, Russia, Thailand, Phillipines, Indonesia, among other.

And in all these countries, the US primarily is the country "propping up" these governments with direct aid (like Egypt), trade (like with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan), and even weapons (Pakistan). As long as the $$ keeps flowing in, these non-Islamic governments manage to stem the tide of Islamic militants and prevents them from taking over.

Well, that's a problem for Islamic militants. Especially for Osama bin Laden and Saudi Arabia, there is a great resentment at the aid of the US that directly prevents a takeover by Islamic militants. One of bin Laden's main stated reasons why he hated the US was because we had troops in Saudi Arabia. And American troops in SA meant that Al Queda had a much smaller chance of deposing the ruling Saudis. With American troops gone, they have a better chance.

It was the same in Lebanon in 1982, why did Hezbollah kill US Marines? So we would pull out of Lebanon and they could more easily take over.

If the current set of UN troops prevent Hezbollah from exercising their power (which I doubt, given there were 2000 UN troops in Lebanon before the recent fighting), then Hezbollah will attack UN troops.

Iran is on the same wavelength as Al Queda: with the US in the Middle East, they have a very small chance of invading Saudi Arabia. With US gone from the Middle East, they have a better chance.

Look at the Madrid bombing: al Queda attacked Spain so they would pull troops from Iraq, and...they pulled troops from Iraq.

UK subway bombings was aimed at the same thing: force UK to pull troops from Iraq.

Which brings us to Iraq. Iran and Al Queda both DESPERATELY want to see US troops leave Iraq. With US troops gone, it will be a HUGE moral victory for terrorists, a great recruiting tool, as well as having terrorism being repeated everywhere as a confirmed winning strategy.

But more importantly, US troops out of Iraq means that there are no US troops in Iraq. This makes it MUCH easier for Iran and Islamic militants in Iraq to depose the current, weak Iraqi government and install an Islamic State totally aligned with Iran.

So Islamic militants attacks for a few different reasons: in most countries that have weak militaries, they attack the government directly in order to take over the country and install an Islamic theocracy.

Al Queda attacked US troops in Somalia, and was surprised at how easily we pulled out of Somalia. Did Al Queda and Islamic militants lay down their arms when the US pulled out? No, they attacked with GREATER intensity. In fact, Islamic militants just TOOK OVER Somalia this June.

World Trade Center was chosen as a target to both terrorize the United States and attempt to weaken us financially: in their minds, bring the WTC down would mean US would have less $ going to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, etc. That's why they chose WTC in 1993, and in 2001: it was the best way to weaken the "US Economy" that they could think of.

The reason why they attack Western countries like the US in attacks like 9/11 is not to defeat us militarily; World Trade Center wasn't even a military target. The purpose is to TERRORIZE us (hence the name terrorist) into withdrawing from the Middle East, allowing them a freer hand in which to attack.

And why do they attack in Iraq? After all, Al Queda's al Zarqawi was from JORDAN. The new AQ leader in Iraq: from EGYPT. Do you think that if the US pulls out of Iraq, they will cheer, and then go back to their home countries? Of course not! They will consider the US pullout a great VICTORY, like they did with the US pullout in Somalia, and then proceed to attack the current Iraqi government until it falls, replacing it with an Islamic theocracy.