PERHAPS WE HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION: WHY DO THEY HATE US?

     That was the big question after 9/11. Why do they hate us?  The answer given by George Bush III was they hate us for our Freedoms !!  It's interesting after 13 years that we seem to have a lot less freedom. Now, with Al Quada having morphed into ISIS it also looks like we have lost more than our freedom. The politicians and the media have a new question. Why would so many westerners want to join ISIS. Here are a few answers I can think of.

1. $17 Trillion of national debt. (never talked about by the media)  Did you get your fair share of that? Do you realize this can never be payed with out your dollars being stripped of all value? 
2. A massive surveillance state that is not elected by anyone and answerable to no one.  Did you vote for that? 
3. A volunteer military that has been getting every $ it asked for for all these years with millions of veterans that have no idea who or what they were fighting for. The medical costs are so high that a large  share of them are now on streetcorners or in neighborhood bars competing for jobs that have all been shipped overseas by the FREE MARKET.  Did I mention record suicide rate?
4. RELIGION: When life seems to have no meaning it always has the answer. Just look at the history of successful wars. They have often had a theme of religious vengeance. These wars, which have spread all over the place, are driven by a bloodthirsty religious zeal. You are definitely either FOR THEM OR AGAINST THEM! (Quoting President Bush again.)
5. Nobody trusts the USA anymore. We are the "INDISPENSABLE NATION" that has been dispensed with. (That statement in quotes was President Obama a couple days ago. He was corrected yesterday by Angela Merkel.)