Torone,
It's a good thing you're not in charge.
If you really want to know why people "hate the US" try listening to them.
The "world hates us" because we have invented a new form of imperialism. We enforce a new world order with might. This is probably the fate of any state that sits atop the pecking order of nations. Granted, US imperialism is different than Soviet, British, German or even Roman imperialism in the sense that the US is not expanding territorially. It is willing, however, to use force in order to achieve political goals.
The US has been doing this pretty consistently since World War II (even before) but many people in the world viewed it as a balancing power to the spectre of Soviet empire. The disintegration of the USSR has freed up a lot of hate.
There are a lot of people in the world that could go either way. They may end up pro or anti-US.
There are a lot of people that could view the US positively rather than negatively. It will be a very difficult sea to traverse. It will be very difficult to counter threats in the world that are aimed predominantly at the US without expending more and more political capital.
One more note: If extremist terrorist organizations blew up the largest buildings in Russia, China, France, Germany, etc. we'd probably all be on the same side. Since they haven't, they have effectively split and divided the world. I think Osama is delirious with happiness.
Last edited by Colin at Apr 4 2003, 08:32 AM