[An Old Marine]

In point of fact the Marshall plan was started two years after WW II.

Say what you like. Muslims hate the US not for what we are but rather for what they are not.

[r9etb]

I'm aware of when the Marshall Plan started. Our approach in Iraq and Afghanistan is analogous to it. The people of those countries are not enemies.

Say what you like. Muslims hate the US not for what we are but rather for what they are not.

We're not at war with Islam, and most of them don't hate us. However, your blithe assumption that "all Muslims" hate us (and why), and the logical consequent -- that they're all our enemies, is precisely the sort of stupidity that will put us at war with Islam, as opposed to a relatively small number of fanatics.