Ok. I think I'm beginning to catch your drift a little bit.

In addition, I daresay, much has to do with poverty worldwide and the envy of a better standard of living in Western nations (not just U S).

Poverty is probably a big part of it. But the resentment doesn't come from envy. It comes from people wanting powerful countries like the US to stop exploiting their countries and stealing their resources, and killing their civilians in the process.

Yes I do enjoy the standard of living that is possible in the US. I live quite frugally by most US standards, but I am very blessed by world standards. I would like the less fortunate people in the world to be able to enjoy what I am able to enjoy. But this will never happen as long as the stronger and more powerful countries prey upon the weaker countries. And as long as the this continues to be the state of affairs, "terrorism" will never go away. It will only continue to increase.