Yes, I've been to India and Pakistan (also Egypt, and many other countries in the middle east and asia). MOST of the people I talked to absolutely support what the terrorists are trying to accomplish, and Bin Laden is in particular, a HERO to the population at large. Out of maybe 50 conversations I had with locals, I only talked to a couple that didn't profess joy at the violence that Al Queda has accomplished.

On another note, I DETEST what our government has done internationally .. well .. ever since the 40s really. Bush is a global embarrassment.

But before you call something 'western ignorance', go travel the world to learn what that truly is. It's not ignorant to know that the population of Pakistan overwhelmingly LOATHES the western powers, ESPECIALLY the USA. It's just the truth, nothing more. Of all the middle-eastern countries I visited (I skipped Israel and Saudi Arabia), the most friendly population was the Jordanians .. but there was still a definite hesitation to talk, and a veiled fear of 'speaking freely'.

Yes, there are shades of grey, but there are a couple of pretty clear conclusions :

(1)- The Muslim population in the middle east (particularly in places like Pakistan) basically hates non-muslims.

(2)- Who cares!? Let them hate us, leave them in their 3rd world countries! Bush is doing it all wrong .. waste of time going to Iraq .. terrorism is only as important as you are willing to make it, and we are sacrificing freedom for 'security', not to mention igniting global hate for the US.