"The USA and its allies, as a matter of foreign strategy, have propped up secular "democracies" since WWII." While that is certainly the rhetoric, that isn't a

"The USA and its allies, as a matter of foreign strategy, have propped up secular "democracies" since WWII." While that is certainly the rhetoric, that isn't actually true. We have propped up secular democracies in Western Europe, but in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South America we often propped up dictators as long as they allowed American businesses to do business there. In some cases the CIA orchestrated a coup of democratically elected leaders such as in Iran in 1953 [1] which eventually lead to the Iranian revolution in 1979 [2]. When taking the full, real US history and foreign policy since WWII into account, it actually makes sense why some parts of the world are revolting. That does not excuse terrorism, but I do think it is important to understand the motivations so that we can solve the problem(s). 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution