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To: j g cordes who wrote (40679)	9/23/2001 12:56:26 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (4) of 50167

His primary grief is over the presence of the "infidel" American troops in Islam's holy land of Saudi Arabia. American "infidels" are considered to be "befouling" the Arabian Peninsula because they represent a different civilization -- a modern civilization that is increasingly threatening to swallow their own traditional one. They hate the "Great Satan" because it is strong, democratic, free, pluralistic, prosperous and advanced. That's clearly contradictory, and undermines the writer's credibility. American presence in Saudi Arabia is one which supports a non-democratic despotic regime. Similiarly, America overthrew a democratically elected regime in Iran and imposed a dictator, The Shah. This led to the inevitable backlash in the form of the Ayatollah's Islamic fundamentalists. Bin Laden hates us because we are AGAINST freedom and democracy. Tom

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