Following up with the “Who did this?” The next statement was a firm confident “We did nothing to deserve this!”
Now, no one is going to argue that the victims of the tragedy did nothing to deserve it, but what about our country as a whole? Most people in this country know very little about the outside world. They ignorantly assume everyone loves this country and wants to, in so many words, be us.
If you know any one who came from outside this country, if you ever walk into Canada, or if you have the pleasure of going to Europe, you soon find out how this is not the case. America is hated. (If you plan on going, here's a tip: say you're from Canada.)
"When asked to pick one "main reason why those who attacked us and their supporters hate the United States," the reasons given most often were
1. "our democracy and freedom" (26%) and
2. "our support for Israel" (22%)
However, almost as many believe the main reason is
3. "our values and way of life" (20%), and
4. "our influence on the economy and lives of Middle Eastern countries" (17%).
5. Only 11% believe our economic and military power is the main reason.
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This proves that people seem to think that anyone who hates us is Evil. They have no idea that people hate us outside the Middle East. After all, how could they hate us if they have the same democracy? I mean, it couldn’t be because of our foreign policy, or heavy-handed commercial aggression, or our patriotism and self-righteousness, or our children's rights, or our support of obnoxious regimes, or even how we’re just really stingy when it comes to foreign aid. Couldn’t possibly be that now could it?
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