Sorry if you think this is the case; and my intentions are not to "offend the suffering...", but to highlight the excessive blame that many muslims assign to "the west". I have never claimed that the west has clean hands; nor have I claimed that everything they have done was done in the name of justice. After all, nations act in their own interests to protect those interests. You have asked Malsidabym in another thread why the US/Israel both possess nukes and find it just to prevent "hostile" (note the quote marks) nations from attaining them. It is simply that is 100% contrary to their interests to allow it. Do you really think that the world would be safer if Iran has deployable nuclear weapons? I think you also asked why doesn't the US/Israel give up their nukes, on the condition that no one should have them. Please be honest; do you think that "hostile" countries would stay true to their word? And if they violated their word, the US or Israel would be in a lot of trouble, right? So there is your answer. Someone will always want to be in charge; if one country does not step up, another will.
You are wrong, my friend.
You are right, it is not so simple... And I have thought about why 9/11 happened, and I find NO excuse for such expressions of rage. This doesn't mean that I don't think some people are legitimately frustrated; it is the "system" of ideas/religion they use to express this violent rage that I detest and will never accept.
I have answered this, as much as I think I can, for myself. I just do not find it to be either an excuse for such a style of violence nor a rational answer that "entitles" some muslims to blame everyone else but things within their systems, countries, and reach.
What about changing their countries? Economic boycotts? Economic expansion of their own? Acceptance of the realities and benefits of globalism (whether they like the west or not)? Armed struggle against their own leaders? All require more patience than the "swift revenge of terrorism", but will reap some actual rewards.
Cordially,
Knut