David Rohde on the "why do they hate us?" question

Yesterday I wrote about the first installment of the account by The New York Times' David Rohde of his seven months as a hostage held by the Taliban, and specifically how -- as he put it -- some of "Washington's antiterrorism policies had galvanized the Taliban."  His second installment is now available, describing his first several weeks of captivity after being moved to Pakistan, and it includes this:

For the next several nights, a stream of Haqqani commanders overflowing with hatred...