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Originally posted by Ustwo
I'm sorry SF but the Hijackers were not from poor downtrodden families. They were educated men, who had been taught to hate since they were children by their culture.
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According to the terrorism books I've been reading, Ustwo is correct. Hijackers are coming from the equivalent of our middle class.
I think the they might see the money and power passing from elites in our country back and forth with elites in their countries. Then they strike at what they view as the root of their concerns.
I am also curious as to whether hatred toward the "Jews" is really based on religious ideology. My understanding is that Muslims have had the most cordial relationship with followers of Judaism than Christianity. In fact, large Jewish communities exist within various "Islamic" regions after they fled Europe during the Inquisition--there has not been centuries old historical animosity between the two.
bin Laden, and other political leaders, use that as a tool to whip up hatred against an "other," but its not very effective realitive to the amount of people who still do not desire or attempt to eradicate jews.