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Enemies of State: why the US is hated

18 Apr 2002

Speakers: Gore Vidal, Peter M Robinson, Robert Higgs, Dinesh D'Souza

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In a 2002 Gallup poll conducted in ten Muslim nations, only 22 percent of the people questioned viewed the United States favourably. Why does the United States foster such hatred in the Islamic world in particular? Is it their foreign policy – their support of Israel and of repressive Arab regimes in the Middle East? Or is it their culture? Does globalisation spread American values that are simply antithetical, thus disruptive, to the traditional Islamic view of society? Just what should they do to win this struggle for the hearts and minds of those who despise them around the world?

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