I respectfully disagree. I am a Bible-thumping right wing hardliner, and if all 290 million of us thought just like me, the mullahs would hate us just as much, and almost certainly still have gone to war with us. An infidel is an infidel. The Arab street has a dimmer view of us than they should because of people like these guys, but bin Laden and coompany only care if we worship their particular permutation of the moon god; no level of orthodoxy in any other faith will please them.
Ok..will give you that; but I'm half right!
However, the view they see of this country is through Hollywood's music, film, freedoms of women, porn industry etc. However, first thing some do when they arrive on US soil, after hitting the cash station, is visit the porn/strip parlors.