The countries that were decimated and plundered by American troops like Iraq and Afghanistan have enmity and a vendetta against the actions of America.
Not really. It's a bit of a mixed bag, though. The formerly established powers and parties tend to hold a bit of a grudge. However, many of the existing powers/parties in the region wouldnt' have the opportunites they do to gain more power/influence if it weren't for our intervention. They are competing with us for power.
Most of the general population like the message and a number of the concepts we stand for - particularly the younger generations that don't want to live their own life the exact same way their father, grandfather, and great grandfather lived. Though they often get swept away in the localized power struggles that go on.
The countries that suffered from countries financed by America also have enmity towards America, example being Palestine.
It's really difficult to empathize with Palestine. Their 'government' is not necessarily unreasonable in its desire to be recognized as a valid nation. However, many of the smaller parties within it are hell-bent on killing Israelis no matter what is done to placate them (aside from the mass suicide of all Israelis - and they'd probably raise issue with that). And because these parties hold power - their government cannot separate itself from them.
From my perspective - the simplest solution is to simply erase them.
I hold no delusions - the Israelis can be quite manipulative and are experts at subtrifuge. But, there again, when surrounded by people who want to kill you for the simple reason that you exist... well - I can understand why they'd have trust issues. But, we can at least deal with each other in a civil manner.
Choosing between the two - I back Israel and say eliminate Palestine. No more peace talks. No more anger and argument over it. Just erase the other party and be done with it. I'm tired of hearing about it.
America has on many occasions said that it wants to nuke the Middle East and convert Muslims to Christianity
... Do what?
I'll admit that many regions of the middle east would be more beneficial (to us) as a glass parking lot than a populated region. But that's personal opinion as opposed to our official and more realistic sentiments on the issue.
And converting to Christianity? If we just nuked you all... how do we go about converting corpses and people whose bodies have been vaporized?
Thinking analytically, of course.
Honestly - it's more work than it's worth. I don't care what name you call your God by, or how you think he tells you to live your life. If you believe in blowing me up rather than having a reasonable conversation about things - then I put my faith in the death of others. Dead people cause far fewer problems than living ones, if there is any reason to question their motives.
If you're a Muslim who doesn't believe you need to go out and kill others because you're not getting your way - then I've no problems with it (and neither do many others). But if you are - I've no problems finding a permanent solution to your griefs.
ever since 9-11 and other terrorist attacks, so I guess both parties hate each other and a vicious cycle of never ending hate are the byproduct.
The problem, here, is that you're letting terrorists represent the middle east.
Do you really think most people in Afghanistan care to cause harm to 'the west' in general? Even if we include the limited amount of information they have about the rest of the world - do you really think they care? If they had a more complete understanding (sans whatever propaganda they get) - do still think they'd care?
Most of them want what the majority of people on this planet want - their kids to grow up successful. A lot human activity falls under that umbrella.
America has very positive opinions about Israel and Europe who in return share the same positive sentiments.
There's a little more tension there than most realize. I think the primary reason we get along as well as we do is because our cultures can more directly communicate. The language barriers aren't as stringent. Of course - that's also what creates the tension. We can properly tell each other what we think of what the other is doing or how they are behaving.
In my world travels, however, I've noticed that a lot of Americans go unnoticed. The expectation is that Americans are supposed to be 'loud' and 'obnoxious' - overall detestable. A lot of Americans get written off as being some variety of British person unless someone bothers to ask.
I hardly ever get asked if I was an American. More often than not, I was asked if I was from Britain. The only reason most ask is because I have a different accent that they can't quite place.
And if you don't live in New York or Los Angeles, you are a cowboy like John Wayne.
If I got asked whether or not I was an American - I immediately got paranoid and looked for signs of him/her having a partner and running surveilance. Because I was dealing with someone who knew what to look for, and it's better to be safe than wake up in front of a webcam.
True - most people are just curious. But there's those few bad apples that make it a bad idea to be too trusting.
In a lot of the places I was - the Europeans are fairly wealthy and enjoy a lot of social priveleges that the people there on work visas and other such things didn't necessarily enjoy. And they exploited those to the limit. If the local doctrine favored males over females - guys practically dry-raped the poor little philippine girls in the service industries.
Speaking of the Philippines - I've come to the conclusion that they have goals of global domination. They are -everywhere-. From middle-of-nowhere Missouri (smack-dab in the middle of the country) to the malls of Dubai. They're everywhere.
Not that I'm complaining - a generally cute as hell female population is not a bad thing. But I'm onto their plot. Flood the world with cute girls and marry them off to influential foreigners... well played.
Now, see, if China had adopted the same strategy instead of enacting "population control" - we'd all be learning to speak Chinese and be valuing our currency against the ... whatever they use. Had they not undergone communist reform and still been heavily Confucian in their policies... it might be a different story (of course, so would the implications of China being a global power).
But, I'm rambling at this point (though, interestingly enough, my rambling is on topic... that's new).
