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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Do you really think it is about religion or some much simpler?

Your question is essentially American. Our perspective of religion and how 
it influences peoples is different from that of the Middle East and East 
Asia. There is nothing simpler than religion for many of those people. 
Examples in the USA might include Quakers, Mennonites and Orthodox Jews, 
whose daily lives are directed by religion. Such people are in the minority 
here. For most Muslims their religion is their life, all day, every day; it 
is their basic, simple fact of life. In contrast, the majority of American 
religious life consists of going to church on most Sundays, meal and 
nighttime prayers and perhaps some bible study. The rest of the time is 
largely devoted to acquisition.

That said, the article I cited and the book review post by Marie about 
Robert Fisk provides a broad survey of the reasons beyond religion why 
America is so detested by so much of the world. Regarding international 
affairs, the arrogance of US past and present politicos is exceeded only by 
their selfishness, insensitivity and ignorance.