diff --git a/imperialism/anti_american_terrorism.md b/imperialism/anti_american_terrorism.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6729320 --- /dev/null +++ b/imperialism/anti_american_terrorism.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +## Anti-American Terrorism + +#### Anti-American terrorism is primarily fueled by foreign policy and a legacy of interventionalism, rather than a distrust in democracy or “western values.” + +* [Pew Research: Kohut 05](https://www.pewresearch.org/2005/11/10/arab-and-muslim-perceptions-of-the-united-states/) + * An analysis of Middle Eastern perceptions and their relations to terrorism + * Found that the U.S. is less popular in the Middle East than in any other part of the world and that _“anti-Americanism around the world is **driven** first and foremost by **opposition to U.S. foreign policy**.”_ + * High pluralities in all Middle Eastern countries surveyed cited opposition to the U.S. based on: + * The war in Iraq + * The war on terror + * the perception that America acts unilaterally on the world stage + * U.S. policy in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict + * Also found that Middle Easterners do not hate so-called “Western values” nor cite that as a point of opposition against the U.S. + * _“overwhelming majorities of Jordanians, Lebanese, and Moroccans say **democracy** is not just a Western way of governance, and that **it can work in their countries**”_ +* [Pew Research 05](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2005/07/14/islamic-extremism-common-concern-for-muslim-and-western-publics/) + * Support for democracy is high in Middle Eastern countries; the public generally does not have a hatred for perceived “Western values” + * The following proportions of the public say that democracy can work well and is not just for the West: + * Morocco (83%) + * Lebanon (83%) + * Jordan (80%) + * Indonesia (77%) + * Turkey (48%) + * Pakistan (43%)