America "The Hated", page 2

Actually, I don't think the majority of the world hates The United States. Its simply the age old case of the squeeky wheel getting the grease. Much like the view that Kerry would be voted in one would get when seeing all the hyped up media and protest and thinking they represent the majority.

Sadly, the reason all of the Arab Countries hate us is the differing of religion. Like it or not the influence of religion plays a big part in whether the Arab communities hate you or not. If they see you as weak in resolve and easily converted by force or by population exchange, then they have no beef with you. The single number one reason The US is hated by these people is that it is a beacon for the idea of freedom and liberty..something that threatens their ruling ideology.

Civilians in control of their own lives and wealth scare the hell out of dictators because the example is very dangerous to them. They spew out propaganda and cut their population off from any information to the contrary. Many people hate the US simply because they have been taught it as a social norm. Many people hate the US because what has been taken from them by their leaders has been attributed to the US. In that case, who could blame them? If my son lay starving and sick and my government told me the US was the cause, I hate them with a passion I could not imagine at this point. I really pity those who9 have had that hate instilled in them for no more than a political agenda by the suffering of the people they love. I cannot blame them for how they feel. It would be nice to think that one day, they would know the truth and be released from their oppression but the reality, as always, is cold and harsh.

Don't get me wrong. There are as many bad people in the US as there is anywhere else and probably more. We have people who kill their own children and spouses, rob, rape, and torture. We have businessmen who stab hard working people in the back to get a promotion and chalk it up to a "dog eat dog" world and simply passify their conscious by saying they are only playing by those rules.

We have leaders who threaten to take food and medicine away from the sick, disabled, and elderly and blame it on the lack of taxes paid by those putting in 10 and 12 hour days to survive..all the while bying influence from huge slush funds and satisfying their own lustful desires.

Yeah, we have a lot of bad people and any one of those reasons is a good reason to dislike it here if your a victim. You cannot blame people who suffer for being disallusioned with us.

From that we can derive that there is no quick fix and likely no long term one either. Its the way it is and likely the way it will stay.