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Written by S.G. Jilanee
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February, 2010 |
 It is a paradox that while many people hate the United States worldwide, they also love many things that America offers.A question has arisen," as Mahatma Gandhi would say. Why America is almost universally hated? The reasons are legion. Some hate it for fun. In February 2003, for instance, Carolyn Parrish a member of the Canadian Parliament for the ruling party declared on television, "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards." Then the Toronto Globe and Mail conducted a poll on its website, asking Canadians whether they agreed that Americans are behaving like "bastards." And more than 50 per cent answers were in the affirmative (Nicholas Kristoff; New York Times, March 7, 2003). Others may be jealous of its power and riches. But the majority hates America, because it is perceived as arrogant, hubristic, selfish, deceitful and totally untrustworthy.
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Written by Kuldip Nayar
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February, 2010 |
 America pours billions of dollars in the developing world but reaps hatred because its policies are exploitative and anti-democratic.In Asia, the relentless pressures of the Chinese Communists are a menace to the security of the entire area, from the borders of India and South Vietnam to the jungles of Laos, struggling to protect its newly won independence." This is what President John Kennedy said in a State of the Union message to the U.S. Congress on Jan 30, 1961. Some 49 years later, if one were to assess what America did in the name of freedom and people one would come to the conclusion that the nations in the region had to fight against Uncle Sam's domination to stay independent. In the process, they went through innumerable privations. They learnt from the experience, America did not.
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Written by Javed Jabbar
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February, 2010 |
 Here is an attempt to explain the love-hate relationship between America and the rest of the world by listing some very cogent reasons.
Why do different people in many developing nations around the world hate the United States of America and others love the country?
Those who love the country often mix the people and the government as one entity. Amongst those who hate America, only some make the distinction between the people of the country and the government that conducts itself in a certain way. There is also the paradox that sometimes one and the same person in a developing country anywhere in the world can feel, at and the same time, love for the U.S.A., as well as hate for the U.S.A. this ambivalent love-hate reaction is a reflection of the chimera-like qualities of this exceptional country.
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Written by SAO
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February, 2010 |
 ‘...there are individuals and groups who constantly preach violence...'
- Stanley Wolpert
Stanley Wolpert is an American historian. Currently he is the Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Stanley has authored several books. His famous publications include Morley and India, A New History of India, Roots of Confrontation in South Asia, Jinnah of Pakistan, Nehru: A Tryst with Destiny, etc. He answers questions here put to him by SouthAsia about the U.S. role in world affairs and especially Afghanistan.
What are the challenges you think the U.S. faces today in terms of the role it has played to bring about peace in the world?
Our challenges remain what they always have been, to confront and defeat lawless violence and terror wherever they attack or threaten the lives of innocent people, while upholding our highest principles of human rights and faith in democratic ideals of freedom, justice and universal order.
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