Uncommon Knowledge #702: ENEMIES OF THE STATE: Why the U.S. Is Hated In a 2002 Gallup poll, only 22% of the people questioned in ten Muslim nations viewed the United States favorably. Why does the United States foster such hatred in the Islamic world in particular? Is it our foreign policy—our support of Israel and of repressive Arab regimes in the Mideast? Or is it our culture? Does globalization spread American values that are simply antithetical, thus disruptive, to the traditional Islamic view of society? Just what should we do to win this struggle for the hearts and minds of...