Any defence, are you kidding me you are a racist with so much bias against the Muslims. But here you go...
Iraq - it was attacked by the US for a political reason everyone in the US knows about it including the general public. When your house is being attacked what do you do? Sit tight ans watch TV?
Palestine - go read the history, the europeans mistreated the Jews and when the guilt started hurting them they dumped the problem on th Arabs - it is a nationalist cause, what if someone comes to your house and ask you to leave because God gave them the land? Would you leave?
Islamic nations backward? Go check Dubai/Malaysia/Qatar/Bahrain/Turkey