Connor's Essential Question Response

Connor



Why do they hate us?

Throughout history relationships with America and the world have been rocky. More so in the last 5 years have there been real major conflicts between parts of the world, mostly the Middle East, and America. Why are Americans hated, and if they are what are reasons they are hated? America is hated, but not for the reasons many think, like for our freedom and our way of living, but more for the fact that we at war with the Muslims. Yes, Muslims do hate us, how would you feel if another countries military was in our country, ruling and having complete control over us, well you would get mad and gain hatred towards them. “Yes”, Muslims do hate us hearing first hand for a former US Marine, who in fact was stationed in Iraq. He stated that “only about 10% of the people in the middle east don’t like us.” The ten percent that hate or dislike America are mostly middle aged men. The women and children and some men, the elders they are actually grateful for what we have done, as we got Saddam out of power they were almost free, they could do mostly anything they wanted, and not be in fear of being killed by Saddam’s troops, kids could go out and play soccer, women could go to the market and have no fear of being raped.
No one likes war, but this war was inevitable. If we were not attacked on 9/11, we would be attacked another time. If we didn’t go to war after 9/11 then we would be going to war another time. The hatred from the Taliban and from Saddam was to great. It was going to happen sooner or later. People think that it is all the presidents falt that we are at war and were there for oil, or because we just want to fell that we have power, they think that we would have been better off having some one else in office. In my opinion this is all nonsense. We had to go to war, it was a lose, lose situation. When 9/11 happened we were all angered. Mostly every one was jumping on the band wagon for stopping Saddam and the Taliban, and when we got into the thick of the fighting then many said it was a bad idea Bush is a fool to do this. Now think if the Bush did not take a stand and fight against terrorism, he would be thought as a coward and many other countries and terror cell would fight against us.
But be as it may what happened, happened and we have to move on and become one. To show nothing can break us down, it may knock us to one knee but were strong and we can defend ourselves from these people. To solve this problem we have to be one as a nation.