http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3153/peter-bergen Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:15:08 -0400 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:15:08 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1245/the-awakening-how-revolutionaries-barack-obama-and-ordinary-muslims-are-remaking-the-middle-east By Peter Bergen - One, why were we attacked? When Bin Laden talked to us in March of 1997, we asked him "why are you declaring war on the United States?" There were a lot of things he didn't say. He didn't say, "I'm attacking you because of your freedoms, I'm attacking you because of the first amendment, I'm attacking you because of the Supreme Court, I'm attacking you because of Hollywood, I'm attacking you because of your policies on homosexuals, I'm attacking you because of feminism," he didn't mention any kind of cultural issue at all. It was a foreign policy critique of the United States and basically there... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1245/the-awakening-how-revolutionaries-barack-obama-and-ordinary-muslims-are-remaking-the-middle-east