http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/13/1120934299264.html
[The Age] July 14, 2005--Some people believe that Islamist terrorism such as the London attacks is due to unaddressed Muslim grievances that fester into violence. Therefore, they conclude, the "real" solution is to cure Muslims of their sense of victimisation with policies they approve: leaving Iraq, "solving" the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, providing economic aid to deal with Middle Eastern economic backwardness, and so on.
This theory is superficially plausible, but it fundamentally misunderstands both the causes of the anger and despair that lead Middle Eastern people to perpetrate or support terrorism, and the extent to which Western policies can affect public opinion in the non-democratic nations of the region.
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