Why Do they Hate Us

1
Why Do they Hate Us?

• David L. Rogers
• Major, USAF (Ret)

2
Why Do The Arabs Hate the US and the West?

• Israel
• Occupation
• Culture

3
Israel Heart of ConflictReason 1

• Israel US and Western Support
• Diaspora in 70-130 A.D.
• 1917 Balfour Declaration British support for a
  Jewish state
  
• 1920 Britain receives mandate for
  Palestinedivided in half /-
  
• 1948 May 14 Israel established by UN
• May 15 Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan
  attack
  
• Israel wins and gains half the territory set
  aside for Arabs

4
Israel Continues to Expand

• 1956 Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal to cut off
  supplies to Israel
  
• Had been owned by Britain and France
• Israel attacks2 days later so do Britain and
  France
  
• Israel takes Gaza and Sinai
• US and USSR lead UN effort to defuse with
  Peacekeeping forces
  
• 1967 Six-Day War with Syria/Jordan/Egypt
• Israel engages in pre-emptive strike
• Destroys Egyptian Air Force
• Retakes Sinai and Gaza
• Takes West Bank and Golan Heights

5
Hit Me Baby One More Time

• Yom Kippur WarOctober 1973
• Syria and Egypt attack Sacred Jewish Holiday
• 6-24 October Israel wins but at a cost
• Golda Meir resigns and Yitzhak Rabin takes
  oversecures US resupply
  
• West already hated and this furthers the rift
  with Arabs
  
• Temporary lull in 1978/1979 with Egyptian-Israeli
  Peace Agreements
  
• Brings about non-governmental organization
  committed to Israels destruction
  
• PLO, Hammas, Islamic Jihad Movement, Al Qaeda

6
Impact of SaddamUS in Islamic LandReason 2

• Saddams 1991 invasion a military failure
• Driven out of Kuwait and eventually out of power
• Failed to comply with terms of surrenderUS
  re-entered Iraq in 2003
  
• Political Success? US now in Arab world
• Israel was attacked, but restrained
• US went into Saudi Arabiahome of Mecca
  and Medina
  
• Israel has the other Muslim holy site
• US now predominantly out of Saudi Arabia
  but are in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Islamic
  territory

7
WERE HEREITS CLEARThe Corruption of the
InfidelReason 3

• Less tangible, but worth considering
• Religiously different KafirIs the West
  corrupt?
  
• Impact of Western Culture on Arab world
• Democracynot a native concept
• Western Culture films, clothing, alcohol
• Our desire is self-interestoil
• No use once oil is gone
• Left with nothing but Western decadence