Why do countries hate the USA?

Question

All we done is help the world, sheesh.

Answer 1

We as Americans do not realize that even though we do a lot of good as people, our government does not. For the most part we have back stabbed everyone we have helped. A lot of the help our government gives is only given so they can get back.If you look into why Osama Bin Laden hates us you will find the answer. I am not defending the actions in any way but just making a point. We all hate him but in order for a person to want to do something like that there has to be a reason. It goes all the way back to the cold war.

The other reason is that we as Americans take advantage of what we have and do not appreciate what we can do as people everyday. We hear all the time that we are an arrogant country but most people do not understand why they think that. The reason is so simple that we over look it. It should not be arrogant it should be ignorant because we have stopped running our own country and have let the government not only run us but also represent us as people to the world. If we want to change the worlds opinion of us we need to realize what our government is actually doing and im not talking about watching the bias news channels. They show us what they want us to see so that they can make our opinions for us. We need to actually research things so we can have our own opinion. If we have a issue with a country for example dont just go to our websites, go to theirs too so you can have both sides of the story and make your own opinion. I think once people start doing that they will realize what is happening and stand up for themselves. These are just a couple reasons but I think they are also the biggest. Thanks for the question and I cant wait to see other responses.  

Answer 2

is this a serious question? do you have any idea how incredibly naive you sound? i'm hoping that you are at least a pre-teen who has yet to learn life's harsh realities or someone who is trying to further the stereotype of the ignorant, selfish American by posting a question so ripe for criticism and "DUH" answers in an attempt to engage in mental masturbation with their already poorly formed opinions on American citizens. otherwise you are a complete idiot and it would take me several days to educate you....and frankly that just doesn't seem worth it.  

Answer 3

Bush and the Big business.

Answer 4

RESPECT - it's what everyone wants but,...  many times other countries feel we don't give it to them.  We have a tendency to treat other countries like an ugly stepchild.   Please don't get me wrong -  I love the USA but we have some work to do.

Answer 5

we are so arrogant and ignorant

Answer 6

Cause we are the best

Well we get into everybodys buisness too much

we should bomb the middle east and get it over with already

Answer 7

Because we have so much freedom and have opposite beliefs and opinions than them.  

Answer 8

lol ok i hate to be the first one to break this to you....we in the long run have done a lot...and i mean a lot of harm to the world...

-just a couple examples....

-we sell weapons world wide- arms dealing leads to death im afraid

-we basically invented the phrase weapons of mass destruction- remember a little thing called the atom bomb

- we have made permanent allainces with other nations there by forcing us to aid them in their wars and vice versa

we dont really foster love and support to the world im afraid...we foster fear and death world wide.

now please dont misunderstand..i do love my home but im a realist we do a lot of harm to the world and thats probably why the world hates us.--- peace.

Answer 9

because the US is a warring country.

Answer 10

You may think your helping the world........

Answer 11

We do have a "holier than thou" attitude sometimes, and when we have a president with that attitude it reflects on all of us.  And, as a country we can be a bit hypocritical at times.

But, I totally agree with you....in the long run, we have done a lot of good, and it sucks how quickly the rest of the world forgets about that.

I'm curious to read the responses from people who live outside the US.

My guess is that they see us as war-mongering hypocritical bullies right now.

Answer 12

Well because America's economy is crashing (due to unwise people borrowing more money than they can afford), the whole world is suffering from soaring costs for everything. Going to war in Iraq has made petrol prices soar, yet you continue to drive big SUVs and large engine vehicles. Yous nearly started a nuclear war with Russia back in the day and because of your attitudes of being the greatest country in the world. A lot of Americans are arrogant and are probably gonna be offended too easily by this so I'll get lots of thumbs downs.

Answer 13

We have become an evil empire that invades weaker countries.

Answer 14

That is a big generalisation.

Answer 15

You can only please some of the people some of the time. There will always be people (counties) that don't like up. Some countries hate capitalism, some countries hate democracy. some countries hate human rights.