Why Do People Hate the USA

[MaggieL]

Originally posted by downside
Why couldn't they just accept that we, over here, can do what we want, and they what they want.

Does anyone understand?

Well, their point of view is that the US and the Brits held the Palastinian Arabs down while the Jews took over their country. That the Palastinian Arabs had been holding the Jews down for hundreds of years before that doesn't feature large in their thinking, since their position is "we were here first"....which is either true or untrue, depending on the timescales you choose.

Read though all the historical stuff at

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iltoc.html

if what's going on in the Middle East doesn't add up for you.