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What is everyones opinion on why it is that other countries seem to hate the U.S.A.

Edited, Tue May 25 13:03:27 2004 by Nemmesis

Freedoms we have, The higher standard of living, a country of choice, and the fact we stick our nose everywhere in the world to "help".

Most countries dont like us because they are jealous. We have alot to be thankful for, and well, majority of Americans aren't and complain a lot.

I can give an example of something I saw to explain why other countries, might hate us. I was coming back from the city, it was late so I was taking a cab. Some fellow drunkards start giving the cabby, in front of us some guff. Calling him an Iraqi, and asking him how it feels to have his country taken over. I can not remember exactly what he said- but I do remember wanting to kick him in the face. A very small spectrum example, but it is answer to the post's question none the less.

Ah yes, the old "they're only picking on you because they're jealous" platitude.

Yes masta! Ill galdly leave for you!

Yeah, Jophiel, but 1970 "I Hate Frances'" is in metric which is the English equivilent of 23,568,046 "I Hate Americas'" --so as you can see, it's universal that people still hate the French more.

Totem

"I hate Totem" - 3
"I hate Jophiel" - 0

BAM!

Hey! More people hate Totem than Andorra!

Edited, Tue May 25 14:38:51 2004 by Jophiel

The other one is from Mren, no doubt

well the main reason a lot of countries hate us is because the US tries to be the police of the world. also now that bush is in office and completely ******* up, even MORE of the world hates us. i can honestly say america is definetely the worldwide aggresor because we put our military bases in other countries (and our govt probably threatens other countries with invasion or something if they dont let us put bases there), so besides the fact that our government is completely messed up and that america is sort of a worldwide bully and now invading the middle eastern countries for oil. i dont really see any other reason for them to hate us *rollseyes*.

"And finally, America is seen as being an extremely Christian country (teaching Creationism for example), and many regard this, in conjunction with the militaristic foreign policy, as being a very dangerous combination." --Bluie

As opposed to the Middle East being seen as an extremely Islamic region (teaching Jihadism to bring about the Third Caliphate for example), and many regard this, in conjunction with the use of terror tactics as official policy, as being a very dangerous combination?

Ok, just checking to see who's the dangerous one...

Totem

Here's the rub, Bluie: How many countries (barring Middle Eastern ones fomenting terrorism) are in danger of being invaded by the United States in the foreseeable future as opposed to how many countries are in danger of being bombed for no discernable reason (outside of purely arbitrary political-religious excuses such as mandatory burkhas for women) by people who worship Allah?

A reasonable person will answer that the United States could possibly invade one country (North Korea), but Islamacists will likely bomb any country they possibly can while doing maximum damage.

Do you see the difference? While threads like this are an easy way to stir up controversy and discussion, a more insidious mindset lies underneath-- that the United States in all her gaudy, sometimes crass, and envy inspiring glory is a worse danger than the one which faces every country, Islamic and non-Islamic alike: radical Muslims. Along side that assumption is the wishful thinking that if we were to just leave them alone that these same radical Muslims would be content to keep to themselves and not bother anyone.

It is this sophomoric logic which places us where we are today: A dissatisfied public and disapproving world opinion. Regardless our alliance with Israel, or if we could somehow never use another drop of oil ever again, never steam our warships in the Persian Gulf, it would not be sufficient to placate Muslim extremists. So, a more realistic world view is in order. We support Israel, we take a proactive stance in world politics, we attack countries which are aggressive or are home and safehaven to terrorists.

Does this mean we make these choices willy-nilly? No, we push Israel to live peacefully with Palestine, we build up relationships with countries actively fighting terrorism, and we make concessions with and give aid to countries willing to forsake radical Islam.

Totem

jihad = holy war
islam = religion teaching peace and love for one another.

two VERY different things

also we are on THEIR turf so as long as we are where we dont belong, im cheering for the "iraqi insurgents" and i guess there needs to be more american death in iraq unfortunately. yes america IS the aggresor in the middle east because america wants to force christianity on the islamic world and wants to suck all the oil it can out of iraq. YES i have sympathy for the iraqis fighting american forces, because they are doing the right thing by fighting back against american forces, defending their homeland and taking out the oil-driven american force in iraq. I think we need to be showed just how welcome we really are in a country we dont belong in. Those iraqis are just defending their culture and country from the invading christian american forces and rightfully so. It makes me feel pretty good when i hear about an american humvee being overturned, american helicopter crashing or american soldiers dying because that just means america is one more step closer to learning its lesson, and that lesson being that american govt should NOT be staying as long as they have and they need to stop looking at themselves as the police of the world.

unless he can STEAL another election just like he did in 2000, well if it comes down to florida i guess dubya will have to make that call to jeb and have his brother tweek the votes in florida again.