| Americans need to get used to the idea that, no | | | | because our country does not follow Islam, 'the |
| matter what The United States Of America does, | | | | one true religion'. According to them we are |
| the rest of the world will never like us.Ours is a | | | | Satanists for not following the 'one true God'. |
| unique society. We are made up of people from | | | | Since all of these governments control, in large |
| almost every other nationality in the world. We | | | | part, the information sources in those countries, |
| were originaly formed by immigrants seeking | | | | the majority of the people of those countries |
| religious and other freedoms. Our ethics and moral | | | | believe the lies and propaganda that are reported |
| codes were formed mainly from Judeo-Christian | | | | about us. Notice, however, how when many, not |
| ideals, ie: The Old And New Testaments, The Ten | | | | all, of those citizens make it into this country, |
| Commandments and the teachings of Jesus | | | | they learn about us and they become, not only |
| Christ. Our form of government is mainly secular | | | | good citizens but, assets to our country. Some of |
| but our way of living, our body of law and our | | | | our most contributing citizens came from |
| way of thinking is, for the most part, | | | | countries that hated or fought against us at one |
| Judeo-Christian.Ours is not an insular society. All | | | | time or another.People that can recieve or hear |
| Americans, with the possible exception of Native | | | | news about our country, listen to our loudest and |
| American Indians, are decended from immigrants. | | | | most strident voices. Voices from people like |
| These immigrants have come from all over the | | | | Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Alec |
| world. These immigrants brought, with them, | | | | Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Jane Fonda, Whoopi |
| differing ideas, customs and ways of doing things. | | | | Goldberg, Al Sharpton, etc.. Since many people, in |
| Many of these ideas, customs and ways of doing | | | | other countries, don't understand the true |
| things have been melded into our way of life. The | | | | meaning of freedom of speech, they think that |
| foregoing has made us completely different than | | | | these people are speaking for all of us. They think |
| any other country in the world and people, due to | | | | that all of us hate President Bush, they think that |
| the nature of humans, don't always like other | | | | our country is filled with prejudice and hatred, |
| people who are different.Ours is a wealthy | | | | they think that crime is out of controll and they |
| country, not only in resources and land but also in | | | | think that every one of us carries guns and shoot |
| our varied citizenry and our freedoms. This | | | | each other for no reason, they think that we all |
| makes other people jealous or envious. They | | | | feel that the war in Iraq is immoral or already |
| don't have what we have, so they say that they | | | | lost, they think that all Republicans and most |
| don't like us or that they hate us. Some of those | | | | whites hate minorities and all non Jewish or |
| same people, however, can't wait to immigrate to | | | | Christian religions.These people in other countries |
| this country, in order to have what we have.Our | | | | don't understand that the voices that they are |
| people, for the most part, are loving, caring and | | | | hearing come from a very loud and vocal minority |
| generous. This may very well be one of our | | | | of hard line left wing zealots and that those |
| biggest problems. We want to give to and help | | | | voices do not speak for all of us. These people |
| others. Many people think of our giving and help | | | | also hear from a few loud and vocal far right wing |
| as pure interference while others feel that no one | | | | zealots, however the right wing zealots are not |
| would give or help without expecting something in | | | | celebrities so these people don't pay as much |
| return. No other country in the world is guided by | | | | attention to them. What the people in other |
| Judeo-Christain principles so no other country in | | | | countries don't understand is that the majority of |
| the world thinks or believes as we do. We can't | | | | people in this country are moderate to slightly left |
| understand how they think and they can't | | | | or right wing and don't really agree with either the |
| understand how we think.We deal with other | | | | far left or the far right. The majority of people in |
| countries and their people as we deal with each | | | | this country are hard working, kind, caring and |
| other. We don't understand that, in most parts of | | | | generous people. However, moderate views are |
| the world, fear and hatered are more powerful | | | | not exciting and therefore do not sell a lot of |
| than love, greed and envy are more powerful | | | | newspapers or garner a lot of television viewers, |
| than kindness and generosity, wanting to win is | | | | so moderate views do not get much coverage |
| more powerful than a sense of fair play and that | | | | here or in any of the free or fairly free foriegn |
| all of the foregoing are considered by many | | | | press.Finally, most of the people in the world don't |
| people to be weaknesses.When France helped us | | | | like each other, many Chinese consider anyone |
| during the Revolutionary War, the facts that the | | | | not Chinese to be a barbarian and less than |
| were already at war with England in the | | | | human, Indians and Pakastanis hate each other, |
| Caribbean, that we had to pay them for their help | | | | Russia and all of the old Soviet Union members |
| and that they did not come to our assistance untill | | | | fight or feud with each other, many Muslims hate |
| they were sure that we had already won the | | | | Jews and Christians, most Arab countries seem |
| war, did not stop us from being grateful. When | | | | to hate Isreal, Muslim sects hate and kill each |
| During the Civil War and The War of 1812 a few | | | | other, the French think that everyone else is |
| French helped the Union, again for pay and again | | | | beneath them, some Irish hate the British, in |
| after they believed that the Union had won or | | | | Ireland Catholics and Protestants fight each other, |
| would win the war, we were grateful. We we | | | | many Chinese and Koreans hate the Japanese |
| helped the French during their Civil War and in the | | | | and many Japanese hate the Chinese and the |
| First and Second World Wars, a few French were | | | | Koreans, Africans hate and kill other Africans, |
| grateful but many more hated us. After all, we | | | | Argentines feel superior to citizens of other South |
| had humiliated them by helping them. We had | | | | American contries, etc, etc.. If so many people in |
| shown them that they could not succeed with out | | | | the world hate or dislike each other, how can we |
| our assistance. When the French believed that, | | | | expect them to like or love us?Isn't it about time |
| Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass | | | | that we quite worrying about being liked and |
| destruction and was a threat to the world, they | | | | instead started worrying about being respected or |
| refused to help us or to join with us because their | | | | even a little feared. Fear usually generates a |
| profits were more important than the live's of | | | | certain amount of respect. I'm not suggesting that |
| others. They believed that they were safe | | | | we become another Soviet Union or a China. I am |
| because they were trading partners with Hussein. | | | | saying that perhaps we should stop worrying |
| In addition, they feel that we have too much | | | | what the world thinks of us and instead stand up |
| power so, they oppose us every chance they get | | | | for ourselves. Use our financial clout, sacrifice a |
| (Don't tell me about Desert Storm, the French did | | | | little, or a lot by not buying oil and goods from our |
| and contributed very little. The main thing they did | | | | enemies, cancell free trade agreements with our |
| was to help talk us out of going into Bagdad and | | | | detractors, etc.. Sure many things will cost us |
| ending the problem in Iraq, thereby saving their | | | | more, but aren't our way of life and our dignity |
| trading partner Saddam Hussein.). On the other | | | | worth something. And, if we do need to use |
| hand, they want our money from tourism and | | | | military force, maybe we should use it without |
| trade so they invite our citizens to visit and to | | | | first trying to get everyone else's permission. Help |
| buy their goods. The French do not do anything | | | | from countries like France, Germany, Russia and |
| unless it is in their own best intrest (By the way, I | | | | China would cost us more than it would help us. |
| hate to admit this, but I have been told that, | | | | Help from the United Nations always seems to |
| much to my regret, I am part French.). I know | | | | cost us more, in money and problems, than it |
| that the foregoing paragraph makes it sound as if | | | | helps us. There are a few countries, Australia, |
| I am a biggot. I am not a biggot, I just do not like | | | | England, Israel, Taipei and a few others that |
| being used, abused and lied to and I feel that that | | | | usually stick by us, however, we may not always |
| is what has been happening ever since the French | | | | be able to count on them. Even now many people |
| Indian War or as it is also called, The Seven Years | | | | in England are trying to have Tony Blair removed |
| War, which took place before we were even a | | | | from office and if we don't start doing a better |
| country.Russia hates us for causing the breakup | | | | job of helping our friend and ally Israel, they may, |
| of the Soviet Union. The governments of Russia, | | | | someday, cease to exist.David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is |
| Mainland China, North Korea, most Moslim | | | | a retired private investigator and currently |
| countries, many African countries, some Central | | | | publishes several internet directories including a |
| and South American countries and certain other | | | | legal and lifestyle resources directory for |
| countries hate us because they are afraid that | | | | attorneys, lawyers and the internet public. For |
| their citizens might try to emulate us and rise up | | | | more lifestyle information see the Lifestyle |
| and take away their power over those citizens. | | | | directory from Resources For Attorneys. |
| Additionally, most Moslim countries hate us | | | | |