Religions are inherently manipulative and government can be a form of insanity.  I think its a perfect combo when ya have a theocracy to have that happen.  And I don't know how devestating it would be?  Of course I do haha and I know what the exact effects would be and so does the Israeli govenrment and the rest of this world.  However your more apt do to something when you understand it rather when ya don't. 

But I still think you missed my point that Israel would only do it if they know they can get away with it just how America and Russia only did those thigns I mentioned earlier when they knew they could get away with it. Ya wait for someone to screw up and you got the world on your side.  Will the opportunity ever present itself?  Who knows.  But I don't think Israel would hesitate for a moment if they ever got a chance to get an upperhand in the Middle East. 

This is why Israel and the Islamic nations are something we don't want to get involved in.  Negotiate diplomacy between them and help to prevent genocide but never get involved with disputs anywhere in there.  Unfortunately America has done just that and we'll pay for it.  Hell we did it before this and we paid for it with 9/11.  Is this something you want repeated?

Come on, guys, Israel is not going to attack Iran. Quit acting like this is a possibility. As I have previously stated, this endeavor would be outside the capabilities of Israel. Crippling Iran's nuclear facilities is major step up from taking out a facility in Syria or the Osiraq center. Only the US would be capable of this, and I highly doubt that would happen.

To be honest, neither of them will be a good president. I do believe, however, that Obama will be better than McCain.

9/11 had nothing to do with US interventionism.  It had everything to do with Al Queda falling apart at the seems and Osama Bin Laden needing to do something to change things.

America will be hated so long as it's so prosperous and it's culture is so overarching. 

The Middleast hate Europe quite a bit as well and has committed massive terorist attacks against them.  What interentionism have they done recently?

Many countries in Europe (especially the UK, but not only) often follow the US in interventionist measures. The US is definitely the most hated country in the West, but the West is seen as a whole in many cases.

I have to ask... What's your basis for categorically denying 9/11 could have something to do with interventionism and foreign policy in general?

All reports i've seen have shown that 9/11 was a desperate last minute move caused by Osama because nobody cared about Al Queda.

Aside from that.  The simple statements made.  They don't curse American interventionism nearly as much as just American culture which is seen as incongruent with their culture, just like a lot of things are incongruent with religious fundamentalists.

Which these people are. 

Why do so many religious fundamentalists in the US hate jews, gays and blacks?  Does it have anything at all to do with what these people have done?

For your terrorist orginzation to set up... or fundamentalist regime... you need a "other.".

Which is easy to create since there are plenty of different people in the world.  Take some really poor person and show them the lives most americans live without even knowing or caring the shit they go through and it's going to cause quite a bit of antagonism without intervention.

As for the EU also following the US in interventionism...

What about like... Spain?

Spain had troops in Iraq and they still have troops in Afghanistan AFAIK.

You're mixing up two different things... The cause for terrorism is one thing, the justifications used by the higher-ranking terrorists to convince the lower-ranking terrorists is a separate matter (I'd also be surprised if they didn't use mentions of interventionism as part of the recipe to generate hate).

I have studied the causes for the rise of Islamist terrorism in the 20th century, and there is little evidence to support the notion that they are attacking us because of our culture differences. There is not one simple reason but an amalgamation of many reasons that have caused this phenomenon.

The fall of the Ottomans contributed to the rise in Islamist terrorism. The fall of the great Islamic empire is, in my opinion, one of the most understated events of the 20th century. There are the continued embarrassments the larger Islamic world has suffered in the 20th century. These events, however, simply angered some Muslims and created conditions ripe for extremism. The catalyst for the attacks is US-Western-foreign policy.

Why the singling out Zucas? Does a certain Illinois senator have anymore experience than she does. NO! So why the one sided name drop?