Quote Originally Posted by nemaroller
That is by far the biggest reason America was thought of poorly in the Muslim world. Well tough cookies, because we inherited that debt from WWII.
That IS the biggest reason, but I don't think we should reach back to WWII, but to Nasser and the run-up to the six day war. Up until that time, America really wasn't demonized.
You mentioned other minor reasons (no Muslim REALLY cared if Saddam was forcefully removed from power - certainly not the leaders in Iran.)
That's a bizarre statement. The Shiite leaders of Iran didn't care if the Sunni Saddam was removed from power? The Sunni Saudi Arabia didn't care whether their neighbor who shares a huge border with them changed to a Shiite dominated country? The Sunni minority in Iraq didn't care if the government switched to Shiite, especially after all the abuse that had been heaped on the Shiite population under Saddam?

I think it's safe to say that all of those parties cared a GREAT deal, though in different directions.

Other minors reasons that fuel the fire : the ability of women to vote, to divorce their husbands, and the liberals in our country who produce much of the Hollywood media Muslim extremists find despicable. Which is funny, because it is the liberals who think the extremists can be understood.
Considering the previous statement that I quoted, I can understand why you find extremists impossible to understand