Here's a very interesting twist on the usual post 9/11 "Why do they hate us"? soul-searching. Bernard Lewis says we're asking the wrong questions.

“More generally ... you can’t be rich, strong, successful and loved, particularly by those who are not rich, not strong and not successful. So the hatred is something almost axiomatic. The question which we should be asking is why do they neither fear nor respect us?”

And here's another question from yours truly. Why do they think it's a zero sum game? Why can't we all be rich, strong and successful?

You can read the whole story in the Wall Street Journal here. Hat tip to LGF.