You know, last semester a teacher of mine touched on one of the best reasons on why the Middle East hates us. Our three most important things in the country are, historically and theoretically, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," followed by secondary elements such as family, religion, and culture. In Middle Eastern society, it is the other way around; family, religion, and culture comes first, whereas "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" come second. This is a very telling difference between our two societies in the sense that they are diametrically opposed to one another. Countless other reasons exist as to why they hate us, but this is a major factor of the hatred of the West exhibited by many Muslim societies.