Our military in their holy land, or embargoes that kill innocent people, or bombings that kill innocent people? I think it's pretty easy to put a finger on it really.
our military was in *thier* holy land at the behest of the saudi government. the anger should have been elsewhere.
it was an excuse....... not a reason.
not 'easy to put a finger on' at all.
if it were about that, AQ wouldn't have set off bombs in spain or in london's metro.
you need to look closer.
And is the Saudi government seen as legit by al-Qaeda or puppets of the U.S.? Yes, AQ's reasons for hating us are simply excuses by them, however they use those excuses to convince others to join them and commit terrorist acts. al-Qaeda doesn't care that the U.S. is on Muslim holy land, they care that the U.S. is in a country that they'd like to take over. But which argument will turn more people to their cause? AQ doesn't care about the deaths of innocent civilians, but they'll use it to recruit people who do. As for bombing Spain and London, was that before or after those countries were part of the Coalition?
SO your great plan is to go Isolationist? Sorry dumb ass we need the rest of the world.