It goes to their anti-God evolutionary predilections. More people go to Mosques than churches in these two countries.
Alignment is critical. We choose to love the Middle-Eastern people and send troops, money and missionaries to help them live in freedom.
Supernatural forces compelled these educated middle-easterners to attack innocent Americans on 9-11. They hate the freedom and personal accountability we exhibit in our culture. A large percentage of Americans are free in Christ. Hence the captured missionaries in Afghanistan before the war, despite them not being welcome there.
Free to help those that hate you.