I doubt they have the same reasons. I know that some more traditional cultures, which the world is still full of, don't necessarily hate us but see us, rightly I would say, as degenerate, with drugs, teen pregnancies, STDs and AIDs crippling and killing populations and they don't want to go down that path, which they most likely will if they adopt too many of our practices aka freedoms. Young people out of control, wasted on meth, often violent, often in jail. As I have said before, they do not want little Fatma or Kim Su Yung to follow in the footsteps of our teen idols such as Brittney, Paris etc. They probably don't want filth like South Park broadcast into their homes or listen to rap lyrics full of abuse and violence. The tyrants of course don't want to lose power and financial benefits to themselves. The politically enthusiastic don't want to lose systems they have fought and died to defend and/or set up. Some of course don't want to exchange guaranteed life support (and I would probably be one of them) for the risk inherent in a different system. But I think the moral degeneration is a huge factor and one that is not discussed enough. To say they "hate us because we are free" is not sufficient. To say they hate us because we are arrogant is not sufficient. To say they hate us because we seem to hate ourselves and why not jump on the bandwagon is not sufficient but it is a factor. There is of course economic jealousy of us and those who have made it here and I bet whole big bunches of those who "hate" us would certainly like to be here nevertheless. It is complex of course. mg