[Uncle Miltie]

"Many in Europe are on their side, why piss them off?"

Because Islam cannot stand contradiction: You must convert or die. Europeans are nothing if not atheist.

[GuillermoX]

I did amend my post in post #12.

I don't believe they view Europe any better or worse than the USA. We are non-Muslim, hence the enemy. They probably hit us because they have limited resources and we are a bigger target. They did blow up Pan Am 103 and tried to doom an Air France flight.