The American people didnt "start" Iraq, Bush did, why are we hated?
823088
They didn't hold the American people responsible for the war in Iraq when it began but when Bush was re-elected they took it to mean that the country was behind him.  Since Bush stated during his first term that he wanted to be known as the "war president" I would say it's safe to say he is a warmonger & since we re-elected him that means to others that we are too.\n\nEven though we are considered to be warmongers, everyone still acknowledges that our country gives its people freedoms not given by many other countries. America is seen as a safe haven from all the atrocities taking place around the world
960065
the only occupation that ever worked for us was Japan, we are not designed to occupy Iraq. All that its doing is killing our troops and spending billions of tax dollars when we have better things to do. I support our troops, have sent 2 of my sons and 2 son in laws there. But the war was wrong from get go, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, if you believe the gvernment version of 9/11 it was all Saudi comnspiarators who committed the deed, yet we have not lifted a finger, not imposed a sanction against them! Hussien may have been evil, but the Saudi Roayl family is just if not more evil on a scale of evil. Its like if the neighbor kid punches you in the nose, so you kick the crap out of someother kid and let the attack go as if nothing happened! If we want a war of retalaition invade Saudi Arabia, I guarentee Bin Ladden will return home to defend his country, hell nuke em then we can use the oil  for gas and night lights! Wake up America! Bush, Chenny must be impeached
703314
About your last paragraph: 1) Many Americans do hate Bush; he's a mass-murdering, torturing, lying, thief who stole our country and is doing his best to run it into the ground; he is the ultimate anti-American as he hates everything that America stands for (thinks he should have absolute rule, thinks everyone who disagrees with him is a terrorist who must be stopped -- for just two examples). He has no human decency whatsoever.\n\n2) People have the right to their opinions (contrary to what Bush believes). Thus, people in other countries are perfectly within their rights to despise Bush, as he is a horrible person who thinks he has the right to bully and rule the world for the profit of his personal friends. He is not only completely ignorant, arrogant, stupid, and incompetent, he is hopelessly corrupt, brutal, greedy, and inhumane, utterly lacking compassion.\n\nWhat hardly anyone seems to understand is that he was not ever elected president by the voters of America (lost the popular vote in 2000 and was president only because Democrats in Florida were prevented from voting; won in 2004 through the votes by machines that were programmed to elect him).\n\nYou can't blame people for exercising their right to despise the despicable. All decent humans who use their brains at all can't help hating him and wondering at the people who tolerate his rule.\n\nThey hate and fear him for the inhuman monstrosity and genuine threat that he is.\n\nTHEY should back off?
1173158
What's sad about the whole issue is that we shouldn't even be there right now anyway. Everyone knows the Bush Admin. knew that Iraq had no WMD's before going there to install an American friendly government. The whole invasion had been planned for years before 9/11. People must understand the the whole war on terror is a huge fallacy, with a sole purpose of controlling oil and drugs in Eurasia.\nBesides, there's always been a war on terror... How do you think the United States of America started?\nOur forefathers broke free from British oppression in the beginning of this great republic.\n\nThe real question remains, why have large corporations been allowed to control our economy, and why has the government been allowed to get away with allowing oil companies to rule our way of life?\nThis wouldn't even be a problem if the people of the US would stand up to our government, as our forefathers intended, and do the right thing with regard to alternative fuels. America needs to be independent from outside, and internal oil influences!!!
836286
... The American soldiers were sent to Iraq based on a lie told by our president,...no!  we did not reach our target as our target was to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction which even Bush admits may not exist,... since then ,he has changed the reason for going to war once a year and his supporters now use his most recent example,,fighting terrorist ,although they did not exist in Iraq before we invaded... Giving the fact that Bush has two years left I am sure we will hear two more excuses..the result of our adventure is a split country... a world that hates us and generations of children around the world growing up believing we are an evil people!!!
1051957
I am an American, and I don't hate the Middle East. I don't hate any country. But I can see how countries around the world would think that Americans hate their respective countries. The USA being the only remaining super power feels that it must police the rest of the world because (we) have the money and or resources to do so. This can be good...like when we stop people from killing eachother and whatnot. But more often than not (especially now that Bush is KING) we go where we are not wanted and go for the wrong reasons....giving the wonderful people of this beautiful country a bad name.
778618
Ya know, I'm getting pissed at people from other countries criticizing our country and our president. The US is great as long as we're protecting some second rate nation but if we attempt to protect ourselves, well, we're just evil bulies. George Bush didn't ask for a war against a phantom enemy. An enemy that calls no nation home. An enemy that wears no uniform. An enemy that kills women and children as part of a strategy. An enemy that fires, then runs and hides behind those same women and children.  An enemy that teaches it children to hate people of other  religions. An enemy that straps bombs on its children and sends them to pizza parlors to blow up innocent people. And George Bush is the bad guy here? It's just damn sad that people don't understand who and what we're fighting and why we went to Iraq in the first place. As for America being a "better place".  You stinking socialists wish you had it so good.
1156101
I think you have a grasp on the situation in Iraq, we do have no business there in the first place and in all wars innocents are killed. Americans for the most part have no idea what war does to a country and its people because we have had none here since 1860. The death, the destruction that we have caused Iraq in the name of democracy is just wrong. I know that Saddam was not a  cool dude but we cannot and should not try to right every wrong through out the world. It just isn't possible.
414173
I don't hate americans, but i really hate american's government. Reasons :\nI can't type it, there is too much reasons why i hate us gov. I just hope that one day, one country send a nuclear bomb that can destroy the whole USA. They deserved it for what they've done to Iraq, Afganishtan, and for all conspiracy that they planned to be the ruler of the world from a long time ago.
899212
It doesn't matter to me at all.\n\nWhy - Because the world hates America, always have and always will.  This hatred didn't start with Iraq or Bush (either Bush), it has always existed.
404038
I think the U.S. should never have entered Iraq in the first place. The only reason we are there is because Saddam tried to assassinate Bush Sr.It is simply a personal vendetta.
473022
This is a really poor biased question. You can't only bash Bush. Get a book on presidential history.
1070647
do not over generalize....many "Americans" do not want this war. It is Bush and his minions that are doing this. Take a look at his approval ratings. I am American...I hate my government. I hate that we are in Iraq. I do feel like Bush made a huge mistake.
371943
No, I think a much larger and the main reason why the world dislikes the U.S.A. is because we have a free society that is a challenge to continuously downplay in favor of their own system.\n\nI also believe that a far greater undermining of our country is done by people who don't know the difference between sedition and dissent.  I can disagree with President Bush's policies and decisions, and present evidence for why.\nI can also undermine my own country by calling him names and spreading rumors.
740936
Who cares about the rest of the world?  People dislike the powerful and sucessful, its called envy.  The rest of the world hates Bush because he cares about 1 thing, the US.  The rest can go pound sand.
939754
Why do we hate George W Bush? How long have you got?\n\nTake the war with Iraq. Iraq had nothing to do with 911. Iraq posed no threat to the west. Iraq had no links with international terrorism. Iraq had no WMDs left. The UN would not sanction a war with Iraq, but Bush pushed ahead, seemingly wanting war at any cost.\n\nUnfortunately for us Brits, in his search for some kind of international acceptability for the illegal war, Britain joined in. This had nothing to do with the wishes of the British people , and everything to do with the politcal aspirations of Tony Blair wanting to be remembered for something more than failed domestic policies.\n\nBy providing the international acceptability for the Iraq war, Britain has taken needless military casualties and has also presented herself as a prime target for international terrorists, as demonstrated by the London bombings.\n\nQuite what Britain has actually got back from this "special relationship" is unclear. Virtually all the reconstruction projects in Iraq were awarded to US companies, and I see no other payoffs to have made the British support worthwhile.\n\nThe Iraq war has destabilised the Middle East, destroyed a country, and opened it up to previously unknown international terrorism. \n\nAnd all this because of George W Bush's ego?\n\nIn short, George W has made the world a far more dangerous place to live, and has dragged Britain to the forefront of the prime targets for Islamic extemist terrorism. This is why we hate him.\n\n(As a slight aside, well done on the reference to British, rather than English. One slight point of critique, however. I know we have a reputation for liking our tea, but still we spell British with just the one T!)
350586
Not everyone hates George Bush, but a lot of Americans do (http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm). Most likely do the length of time our troops have been deployed in Iraq is a major source of this disapproval, but others sources are most likely the huge tax breaks that oil companies have received and record high gas prices. Another source could be the huge amount of corruption the republicans have in congress.