What if it's not Israel they loathe?

Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan on this piece by Amir Taheri: What if it's not Israel they loathe?

Right now there are 22 active conflicts across the globe in which Muslims are involved. Most Muslims have not even heard of most of them because those conflicts do not provide excuses for fomenting hatred against the United States. Next time you hear someone say the US was in trouble in the Muslim world because of Israel, remember that things may not be that simple.

Indeed.

There are a lot of hard questions that the American media refuses to ask. We dare not be so blind.

Must read.