Were Boston Bombers Motivated by Need to Protect Islam Against Western Crimes?

It has been suggested that the two Brothers Tsarnaev, the two Boston bombers (if the FBI is to be believed), might have been driven by their desire to avenge Western crimes against Islam, especially British and American crimes.

Indeed, not to justify the heinous terrorist act in Boston but to try to understand it and to put things into perspective, they might have a point and it is a very good point.

Consider this.

The USA just finished killing 1,500,000 Muslims in Iraq and continues to kill Muslims in Afghanistan at rate of 20+ civilians and an unknown number of Mujaheddin combatants a day.

Britain also occupied Muslim lands and oppressed Muslims for centuries -- from the 16th century at least to the late 20th and at one time -- in-between the two world wars when the British Empire was at its strongest -- seriously considered invading, capturing and occupying all holy sights of Islam and taxing Muslim pilgrims.

Also, one should always remember that it is the British who created Israel on mainly Muslim Palestinian lands, and this is a problem that won't go away for more than 6 decades.

Needless to say the British killed plenty of Muslims too, especially in their many massacres and wars in India, in their three failed campaigns in Afghanistan, and in their genocidal campaigns in North Africa, including one failed campaign, in which they were soundly beaten by Mohammad Ahmad..

The death toll inflicted by the British on the followers of Islam in their day is probably even higher than what the USA is doing today, and that's saying. And of course they are still at it, being the US's biggest ally in Afghanistan.

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.