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Iraq
(U.S.GLP) Disapproval rating: 67.0 percent
Iraqis’ dislike of America stems from wars waged in their land. Although America’s “war on terrorism” brought about the death of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s former oppressive leader, their view of America is mostly unfavorable.
Mark Kukis, author of “Voices of Iraq,” contends, “Many Iraqis were elated by [Saddam’s] downfall. [However], the fact that it came at the hands of a foreign army stirred a little anger, from what I heard.”
Saddam, considered a terrorist by the American government, represents an image of the perpetual execution of the relationship between America and Iraq.
William Blum, a writer and critic of foreign policy, exploring the subject of why so-called terrorists hate America, said America invites its own disapproval.
“Of course it’s not America the terrorists hate; it’s American foreign policy. It’s what the United States has done to the world in the past half century — all the violence, the bombings, the depleted uranium, the cluster bombs, the assassinations, the promotion of torture, the overthrow of governments, and more,” Blum asserts. “The terrorists — whatever else they might be — are also rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions.”
