Why do they hate us?

LaBelle commented this morning about the Iraq soccer members at the Olympics saying they do not hate American people, they hate American foreign policy.

A respected Iraq editor found himself under arrest in Baghdad recently, and makes the same point talking about his experience...

What subjects did they bring up during the interrogation?

"Basically, because the AMS have made efforts in the releasing of several captives in Iraq, they suspected that we have links with the captors, but the truth is that the AMS is highly respected and the only link between us and the them is our appeals in which we remind them of the principles of Islam which prohibits Muslims from harming people."

"They also mentioned the names of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and wanted to know if I knew any of them. The interrogators were keen to find out anything about the Iraqi resistance."

"They think because we are a revered Sunni Muslim organisation, we might have information about the so-called Sunni resistance, but the truth is the resistance is Iraqi not Sunni."

"They asked me, why we hate them? I told them that we do not hate the American people, they are welcomed as tourists, traders…etc., but not as occupiers.

Aljazeera article

Again with the "they hate us" question. As LaBelle pointed out, that is exactly what the Liar in Chief keeps telling people ad nauseum - they hate us.

Wise up, sheeple. It's the same story around the world. People everywhere say they don't hate Americans. They hate American foreign policy. They hate what our government does to the rest of the world. I've heard this in Venezuela, I've read it from other Latin people, and Middle Easterners. But how long before they blame the American people for not holding our government to account, when we are supposed to be a democracy where we can do just that.

What was your conclusion?

"I got the impression that US interrogators and CIA officers have not a clue about what they are doing. Their questions were shallow and indicated serious ignorance of the Iraqi scene."

"I also noticed they are so keen to mock, ridicule, and insult us. Some of them are good people, and are very angry at [President] George Bush, one of them told me if he (Bush) loves Iraq so much, why does he not bring his family and live here?"

"But interestingly, some of them (US soldiers) are just thieves. They stole my agenda and wrist watch in front of my eyes."

Sometimes attitudes don't translate. The "good" guy angry at Bush was still insulting the Iraqis. He was mad because Bush was wasting American money on Iraq.

Anyway, would that Americans were so inclined to make the distinction between people of other countries and their governments. But no, we hate other people, whenever our government tells us they're evil. Regardless of what their government might or might not be doing and whether they have any vote or voice to determine who runs their country, we hate entire countries full of people - Ragheads, Commies, Spics, Japs, Gooks.

There really is little reason left for these other people not to hate us. Maybe they're better educated? Wiser? Or maybe just more Christian?