It's not that simple. They're repressed by tyrannical governments that in large part we support, like Saudi Arabia. They see attacking us as a way to have a fighting chance to damage their own government.
What about Kobar Towers? What about the embassy attacks? What about the attack on the Cole? What about September 11th?
All four operations done by less than 100 fanatics total. Those types of extremist will always need to be dealt with using lethal force, and Clinton is to blame for letting a little problem spiral into a colossal one. But the reason that there's more AQ now than before 9/11 has to do more than people 'hating our freedoms'.
The global jihad is a complex social phenomenon, and dismissing it all as unintelligible madness, we'll miss opportunities on how to combat it effectively.
Thanks for the note.
But if we parse this situation too finely we'll never defeat these nuts.