"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
With any kind of luck, they'll KEEP flying over it, and stay OUT of it.
Xenolibphobia: One of many reasons I live in "Flyover Country".
Abstractly, they know we exist. They just wish we didn't. Because we're so friggin' dumb we can't pull the "D" lever in the voting booth...once we find our way there.
It would an, oh, so much better world if we didn't have the vote. And if wheat, corn and rice could grow and be harvested by elves. And cattle, hogs, etc. could fend for (and butcher) themselves. And if oil somehow spurted from the ground like spring water (right next to a refinery, of course). And all this produce and commerce could get to their homes without benefit of a nasty dirty truck or a noisy train.
They are ignorant -- yet arrogant -- bastards, aren't they?