That the British hijackers (and the 9/11 hijackers, and these Egypt students perhaps) come to our countries, learn to live with us as neighbors, and still want to kill us all.
In the past, I had assumed that all the hatred in the Middle East was based on ignorance and Anti-American propaganda. But these people have lived amongst us, eaten our hamburgers, and read our newspapers....
Oh yeah. Anti-American propaganda. Never mind.
Something like our home-grown Marxist revolutionaries.
They think that once the violent revolution is over, and the decadent infidels/capitalists are defeated and on their knees, that the revolutionists will have status and power in the new regime. They will be served by those who before did not acknowledge their greatness, and possess the women who previously scorned them. This is the fantasy they are living
[... these people (muslims) have lived amongst us,
eaten our hamburgers, and read our newspapers...]
Yes, AND they have oggled our women, slept with them,
married them and produced muslim offspring. Invasion
and conquest through breeding.
"In the past, I had assumed that all the hatred in the Middle East was based on ignorance and Anti-American propaganda. But these people have lived amongst us, eaten our hamburgers, and read our newspapers....Oh yeah. Anti-American propaganda. Never mind."
You seem to suggest that "ignorance and Anti-American propaganda" (or at least Anti-American propaganda) are still the problems. However, to me it seems more likely that the problem is religion (or, if you prefer, a perversion of religion). As Andy McCarty says in his 9:44 AM post at The Corner-http://corner.nationalreview.com/ -we face "an existential threat catalyzed by religious conviction." It really is World War III (or IV, if you like), and we need to insist to our politicians that the War be fought on every front on which it appears: London airports, Dearborne Mosques, Hezbollah activities, Iranian nuclear programs, and all the rest.