The majority of Arabs may not support al-Qaeda, but they do not oppose it with all their heart. Instead, there is the temptation to regard Osama bin Laden as a type of violent Robin Hood, whose actions, while impossible to condone officially, have helped them to recover a sense of Arab pride and dignity.
在阿拉伯人（和其他一些穆斯林人）看来，以色列的实力和复原力是其自身薄弱、分裂和腐败的直接后果。大多数阿拉伯人可能不支持基地组织，但他们不完全反对。相反，奥萨马·本·拉登视为暴虐的罗宾汉很具诱惑力，其行为虽然不可饶恕，却帮助他们赢得了阿拉伯人的自豪感和尊严。