While it's true that the U.S. has made some very poor choices in the
governments and leaders it has chosen to back, to say that is what made us
so hated is a terribly simplistic answer.
To say we have been a strong and consistent ally of Israel is to misstate
the facts.
We are reviled because we are rich, free and strong. We are hated because we
do more good than evil. We are hated because more often than we have abided
evil -- and we have -- we have fought against evil.
Finally, we are the target most often of lunatics who distort facts and stir
up discontent through the manipulation of their own warped religious
beliefs.
For this writer to give aide and comfort to the enemy of civilization is
unbelievable. To try and defend an evil and murderous act is unbelievable.
Is the U.S. without sin? No. Did we deserve this attack? I don't see how an
intelligent person can make that statement.
Despite our sins, we are still the beacon of light for a benighted world and
we must not neglect our duty to spread freedom, democracy and capitalism to
the entire world. We have done a poor job of that in the past, but I believe
we have been doing an increasingly better job over the last several worlds,
which obviously only makes us more hated by those who revile those values.
H.
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