Now that I have read this entire post, I just want to say to our friend from Iran
It´s not just Americans that are hated in the ME world, it´s the entire non-Moslem world. A lot of it has to do with the failure of your cultures to keep up with the rest of the world, despite huge oil wealth. The majority of the world´s oil supplies are in ME nations, yet other nations that were as poor as ME countries were three decades ago are now much better off. What went wrong? In your eyes, it can´t be anything that you have done, or not done, but must be the result of a conspiracy to "keep the ME down." So while countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia prosper, the ME world stagnates, and vast numbers of unemployed young men look for someone to punish for their dire situation. You don´t want to admit that economic and political prosperity requires rule of law (most ME states are very corrupt), education (few women go to school), hard work (much oil wealth goes to hiring foreigners to do the physical labor) and economic opportunity (corruption makes that difficult.) It´s no wonder that nearly half of ME males want to migrate, and the millions that make it to the United States do much better. But back home, it´s fashionable to blame someone else and wallow in self pity and despair. It´s no wonder suicide becomes a popular military weapon. The same attitudes that prevent the creation of decent government or vibrant economies also gives rise to inept armed forces. So we also have the sorry spectacle of your armies being unable to win a war, for they are not only fighting the enemy, but their own bad habits as well.
A thousand years ago it was the Arab/Muslim world that was one of the most advanced civilizations in the world at the time. But its progress came to a sudden halt and it´s culture stagnated, remaining in the dark ages while Western civilization began to advance, becoming the most powerful civilization on earth. Arabs and Muslims know they can never match our progress, so they seek to destroy us instead, as if that will make them the leading culture on earth.
It´s your dark age "religion" that´s preventing you from getting up off your collective lazy fat @rseholes. Now get off your @ss and create your own wealth.