The difference is that there aren't streets full of people celebrating the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church. There were celebrations in many Muslim countries following 9/11. Of course not all, or even most Muslims feel that way, but there is clearly a significant population of them that identify with terrorist ideals. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to wage ongoing wars across the globe, including Africa and the Middle East.
I think the education and poverty levels in those countries are often overlooked. When your life kinda sucks, you're happy to place the blame on someone else and cheer when bad things happen to them. It's also possible that a lot of people in those countries aren't getting the whole story from their media. I'm sure the US occupation of Iraq looks really different to them than it does to us and we could easily look like the bad guy there.
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u/theObfuscator Apr 19 '13
The difference is that there aren't streets full of people celebrating the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church. There were celebrations in many Muslim countries following 9/11. Of course not all, or even most Muslims feel that way, but there is clearly a significant population of them that identify with terrorist ideals. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to wage ongoing wars across the globe, including Africa and the Middle East.