Anti-Americanism (Interview with Stanley Kurtz, Dan Flynn, Paul Hollander, Victor Davis Hanson)

FrontPageMagazine ^ | November 11, 2002 | Jamie Glazov

[nosofar]

Anti-Americanism continues to grow more powerful and to mutate into increasingly bizarre and pathological forms. After 9/11, masses of people from all over the world not only celebrated America’s tragedy, but even blamed the victims rather than the perpetrators for the terrorist attacks.

As the Bush administration attempts to build a coalition against Saddam Hussein, it becomes evident that the American President’s efforts are frustrated by the vehement strain of anti-Americanism in the international environment. And let’s not kid ourselves: anti-Americanism is no dying force in America itself.

To be sure, members of the fifth column in the U.S., led by such radical gurus as Noam Chomsky, continue to hate and despise their own country and society like never before.

The war on terror, therefore, must not distract us from one powerful and disturbing truth: that today there are more America loathers outside of militant Islam than inside of it.

[nosofar]

I could not find this already posted anyplace.

[perfect stranger]

By that you mean already posted anyplace on FR.

[MadIvan]

I suggest everyone reads this book:

Anti-Americanism by Jean Francois Revel

Revel's thesis is that Anti-Americanism is, basically, an outlet for those who oppose democracy and capitalism. Namely, the same fools we had to contend with during the Cold War.

Regards, Ivan