ENEMIES OF THE STATE: Why the U.S. Is Hated

In a 2002 Gallup poll conducted in ten Muslim nations, only 22 percent of the people questioned viewed the United States favorably. Why does the United States foster such hatred in the Islamic world in particular? Is it our foreign policy—our support of Israel and of repressive Arab regimes in the Middle East? Or is it our culture? Does globalization spread American values that are simply antithetical, thus disruptive, to the traditional Islamic view of society? Just what should we do to win this struggle for the hearts and minds of those who despise us around the world?

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News & Politics

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• Dinesh D'Souza
• Gore Vidal
• Peter Robinson
• Robert Higgs

[jaller999]

I'm going to France

[acmna]

@robtul12 so it's the same population of india was back then?

[robtul12]

Quoth Dinesh: "The British ruled India with a heavy hand, they had 100,000 troops there." Okay. How many troops did the United States place in Iraq and how many thousands of troops are located in our over 700 military bases in over 150 of the world's countries? 132,000: Number of U.S. troops in Iraq in January 2007, before President Bush's escalation. [Brookings Institution, Iraq Index, 3/13/08]

[tgoyer]

Gore Vidal seems overly pious and ponderous. His "explanations" were all over the place from blatant fallacy to over the top conspiracy; generally incomprehensible and unintelligible. If I had to hear him talk on a daily basis, I would probably eat a gun.

Dinesh D'Souza, on the other hand, was very clear, concise and intelligent in his arguments. The contrast between the two couldn't be any more clear.

[ScionAscendant]

This was a pretty poor debate. There were so many distinctions that were not made that needed to be.

[gotobedandtickler]

@Den12tribe I agree. The enemy is within, it cares nothing of its people, only itself. It is a entity run my maniacs for evil purposes and control of mankind.

[shazlionusa]

America is enemy of Islam and Muslims period......as USA run by jews, Romans, Hindus, their population is more then muslims that is why USA will always be against Arabs and muslims as there are very little number of Arabs and Pakistanis in USA

[shaqdaddy11]

Vidal is all over the place with his explinations. He says a whole lot ,but nothing of real substance.

[comptonproduction]

Who are you talking about when you say USA, are you talking about the Ruling elite who control the government.

[5that1dude5]

Where's Buckley to whip Vidal in the face with a fist of justice XD.