A bunch or really bad folks flew a few planes into buildings...these people are not in any way rational..these are not the Germans or the Japanese or anybody we have ever fought. They really hate us because we're free..we have tv and we don't live in caves. They really suck and sometimes u gotta do what u have to to get info from guys who would rather kill their populations if it meant killing i American soldier or civilian.
These people are very rational. They were able to manufacture and pull off the single greatest attack on american soil since WWII.
They don't hate us b/c we are free. That is patently absurd.
They hate us b/c of our foreign policy.
As part of its global power position, the United States is called upon frequently to respond to international causes and deploy forces around the world. America's position in the world invited attack simply because of its presence. Historical data show a strong correlation between US involvement in international situations and increase in terrorist attacks against the United States.
(Source: October, 1997 Summer Study Task Force on Department of Defense Responses to Transnational Threats, DSB)
Bin Laden's said as much that he wanted the infidels out of the holy land.
Strangely enough, I believe him.