OH, if you find me shocking ... I would tell you that likely, many people feel similarly, they are just much more polite about their opinions.
And no, I shall not remove the offensive thoughts from my head.
I in fact *HAVE* known a decent number of middle easterners. They have further impressed upon me that if they aren't the fucked up ones, they have been fucked up by living near the fucked up ones.
For all the news watching and reading you must do, your head is in a HOLE if you think I am an odd minority who blatantly hates a large group of people for their actions. You must understand, like them *I* am human too. If you can care for them, but hate and be shocked at me, I think you should reconsider.
It should also be easy to understand that my opinion is very divided. I maintain subjective and objective opinions on many issues, the war / the middle east being one of many. Subjectively, I HATE them. Objectively however, I voted for Obama because I wanted to see the war ended in whatever way necessary, but he is continuing it. I understand that there are very good reasons for modern war not being waged the way old war was [where you fight to win, not to be politically correct] ... and I would not see America "bomb them to hell", despite the fact that it's a thought that makes me feel better when I feel most hateful. Mainly, completely destroying a country [despite that they deserve it] would not stand with American ideals [which I think this country sometimes no longer cares about...]
I voted for Obama for other reasons too though. Mainly, whether or not global warming is a big issue [i know its very heavily debated], I think that America should take a bigger stand on lowering carbon emissions. Obama was suggesting I think a 17% cut in emissions. I don't think the economy would be that hurt, I think America would rise to the challenge of cleaner energy, if forced. Of course, the senate would have to also pass a global agreement like that, which is unlikely, I think.
Anyway. You, I think, do not use your life effectively. You have such passion on these subjects, but you work a job that has nothing to do with them. You shouldn't waste your passion writing rants to racists like me, you should be organizing a service for the benefit of those you think need it most. You have enough care and enough smarts to make a difference. You may have to work on controlling your temper.