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Originally Posted by transplant99
What I am taking umbridge with, and always have with these people who want to blame the West for everything, is that Islamic fundamentalism is most certainly not the product of ONLY USA foreign policy. To even imply that is assinine.
And...you watch Fox news? Yikes....not my cup of tea but whatever works.
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I agree that islamic fundamentalism* is not the product of only the US. However, I think we'll agree that the "west" has had a disproportionate impact on the history of the region. Where the problem arises is in the chasm between what those in the Middle East have had done to them, and the extent to which the US will even remotely acknowledge any role. For every common person on the proverbial middle eastern street ranting against the US for
each of their ills (clearly unfounded), there is an actual politician in the US that pretends like the nation has never meddled in middle east politics (also clearly false). Sadly the person ranting in the middle east is closer to the truth than the politicians in the west.
As for Fox News, I watch and read as much as I can. It's not a personal preference. I want to punch Bill Kristol every time I see his smirking face, but his disastrous impact on US policy is undeniable. I feel I need to at least be aware of the bile he spews.
* I think it's a dumb term that is greatly overexaggerated and simply plays to a narrative. Western media used the Muslim Brotherhood to play the role as the scary incarnation of islamic fundamentalism that we were all to fear in Egypt. That portrayal hit reality smack in the face.