Much the same was found by the Wall Street Journal when it surveyedthe opinions of "moneyed Muslims" immediately after 9/11. Bankers,professionals, businessmen, committed to official "Western values" andembedded in the neoliberal globalization project, were dismayed by Washington'ssupport for harsh authoritarian states and the barriers it erects againstdevelopment and democracy by "propping up oppressive regimes." Theyhad new grievances, however, beyond those reported by the National SecurityCouncil in 1958: Washington's sanctions regime in Iraq and its support forIsrael's military occupation and takeover of the territories. There was nosurvey of the great mass of poor and suffering people, but it is likely thattheir sentiments are more intense, coupled with bitter resentment of theWestern-oriented elites and the corrupt and brutal rulers backed by Westernpower who ensure that the enormous wealth of the region flows to the West, apartfrom enriching themselves. The Iraq invasion only heightened these feelings,much as anticipated.