[KevinTheOmnivore]

Every muslim in the "ME" doesn't need to hate the West in order to constitute a problem. Again, you have two nation states, several terrorist organizations, some political and some not, who all agree on some very violent things.

I too believe that most muslims/Arabs/Persians/etc. (if this is what you're arguing) would choose more freedom and modernity as opposed to the strict Islamic alternative, but this doesn't mean 15% of the muslim world (certainly still a sizeable #) wants the same.

There are things that bind muslims in the Middle East, and a lotofthem aren't very pleasant. The potential for this justto fester and grow is real, and shouldn't be disregarded.