Our unwavering (i.e. Israel right or wrong) support is one of the additional reasons for the anti-US sentiment in the mid-east. Israel flaunts UN sanctions all the time, Israelis bulldoze Palestinian settlements all the time but heaven forbid someone call Israel's actions a form of terrorism.
Before 1948, that nation/area was Palestine and the US assisted in the displacement of the Palestinians much as the indigenous peoples of America world were killed or displaced... Hmmmm.
We are hated because of it and for:
- overthrowing democratically elected Muhammad Moussadeq(sp?) in Iran in 1953 because he wanted to nationalize his nation's oil profits for Iranians. CIA covert ops overthrew him and installed the Shah so the US (along with the UK) could take 80% of Iran's oil
- installing our puppet Saddam Hussein and arming Iraq during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war
Now there's going to be hell to pay for what we've done TO Iraq, a nation that NEVER ATTACKED US!!
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