Terrorism is not the West's fault :: Washington Times Editorial

"The notion that, somehow, the cause of Islamist terrorism is 'us,' the West, persists. And so this weekend's thwarted United Kingdom car bombings have prompted yet another 'Why do they hate us?' moment. The West's own preferred answer, it seems, must always be some offense we have committed. London Mayor Ken Livingstone thinks Iraq is driving 'disaffected young Muslims' to murderous self-immolation, in apparent ignorance or disregard that three of the suspects are medical doctors. The New York Times refers to a 'disenfranchised South Asian population' — this, in one of the world's free democracies. Others finger Salman Rushdie's knighthood as an incitement of Muslim outrage. Still others say Israel-Palestine. Others, poverty."

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