Warmth Turns To Frost
...In the shock wave that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many Americans found themselves asking why so many people in Muslim countries hate the United States. But the anti-American sentiment has turned into a contagion that is spreading across the globe and infecting even the United States' most important allies.
In virulent prose, newspapers criticize the United States. Politicians ferociously attack its foreign policies, especially the Bush administration's plans to attack Iraq. And regular citizens launch into tirades with American friends and visitors... [USAToday]
When you're the only remaining superpower these things will happen. The problem is that we appear to be going out of our way to tick everyone off at us. We are part of a larger community and we have to act like neighbors, not like landlords...mj
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