[lbo-talk] CFR fellow on why they hate us

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Los Angeles Times - August 15, 2006
>
>Why They Hate Us
>No, it's not our freedoms. Anti-Americanism isn't going away until  the 
>U.S. puts some fairness in its foreign policy.
>By Julia E. Sweig
>
>AMERICA'S MORAL standing in the world has precipitously declined  since 
>2001. ...
>Nevertheless, the ideal of the United States as a beacon of justice,  
>democracy, freedom and human rights still garners grudging respect  abroad. 
>...

Gee, how much cognitive dissonance can Sweig pack in a column?  I see plenty 
of evidence cited here for "why they hate us," but I see nothing to support 
her conclusion that the US is a "beacon" that "still garners grudging 
respect abroad."  Where's the locus of that grudging respect, 10 Downing 
Street?

Carl