We were bad to the Indians. We have so much and others are so poor. They seem to believe that in self-righteous indignation the terrorist leadership rose up to teach us a lesson. We have also sought to make right many of the wrongs of the past and we have shown the world compassion and generosity unequaled in human history. No, I do not believe that there is a cause and effect relationship between our behavior and the attack on our nation.
Terror is a weapon.
The terrorist leaders have said that they intend to use terror to impose their will on the world. They want every country in the world to be ruled by fundamentalist Muslim clerics. Their goal is to create societies where a woman is killed for accidentally dropping her veil, and where religious police roam the streets to instantly punish wrongdoers. Their hatred and greed for power casts a wide net. Bin Laden hates the Saudi Royal family.