I agree with Joe Badley also. The only time the US is ever loved is when others need us. The British have never loved or even liked the US, as we became our own nation by telling them to leave. Also, the English are very demanding and almost impossible to please.

Mary, Atlanta, US

Kartik, Sydney, Australia _ Absolutely right. If you only knew how AT&T exploits the poor in the USA you'd think it was loan-sharking! People are people and I believe good by nature. When you put labels on them like king of the hill etc, then mostly they tend to act like that. Try a little kindness

Glynn, Kingston,

People seem to confuse people who live in the states, and Americans. People who live there can be nice kind open mined people, American's have there flags up there back sides and think of nothing other then themselves. Following blindly their Flag and their leaders never questioning what it or they are doing. They are barley self aware, consumed only by how great they are. Yes the world does seem to hate them right now, are the doing anything about it, do they even ask why? The answer is no. That is an American, not a person who lives in the States. Do they travel anymore, do they support any other country. As a Canadain who lives in Toronto they do not come here. When Sars was here did they come and support the city, no.(durning or after) When we did not join there war on "weapons of mass distruction" did they come here, no. Now our dollar is higher then the US, and they are happy to have us come and give them are money. If they want respect, start showing some.

Creig Stearne, Toronto, Ontairo

Why Hate America? One answer is people always hate power, the boss is never truly loved even the best of them, but there are complications here.

America was built on a ideology of anti-imperialism. Let's ignore the Indian thing... The story goes "we were colonised and now we are against it!” The "constitution" instead of kings.... The tired and huddled masses...

The story of the world has been one of empires and wars. The cold war was between two empires... Now there is only one and people get annoyed when they see people who made such a big scene against "imperialism" running an empire at arm's length while pretending they are not.

I don’t hate America, but America should be honest and admit to “imperialism.” If America was more honest about the way it runs the world people would perhaps waste less of their attention on hating it and they might wake up to thinking about what the world might look like under Chinese or jihadist rule.

A. Nonimus, Cork, Ireland

What I believe has happened to the USA, is a slow degeneration of a system that used to instil vision into the country. I must detest the notion that other countries are jealous of the USA. Its has lost its own values in its own system in the battle for capital. It is not so much that America thinks it is the best, but unfortunately many have swallowed their own advertising campaigns corporate USA

As with all countries we all have cultural view-points and belief systems I believe some may step into boundaries they where not invited in. To change cultural trends into theirs

Money is God in the USA at the moment, Any country that can fund massive defeceit campaigns in the name of natural resources could of solved world hunger

There is a difference between righteousness and self imposed peace. What ressolutions will the USA commit to? As far as I am concerned the USA is fighting its own demons, and China is on its way up and up.

U cant drop a bomb on them in the name of peace.

Luke Simmons, Port Macquarie, Australia

Anti-Americanism is mostly based on jealousy. The United States, like other great powers, has had its faults of arrogance and greed, but surely it is not so long since World War II that we have lost our memory of what the U.S. did to help save Britain and Europe from Nazi tyranny. Americans still have the generous and idealistic spirit that let their New World country, in the words of Churchill, to "step forth to the rescue and liberation of the old."

A Canadian of English descent, I love my English heritage, but it pains me to see the irrational anti-Americanism of so many in England and my own native land. It is all too close to racism, and mostly springs from the same self-centered impulse. --Ted, Surrey, BC, Canada

Ted Hewlett , Surrey, Canada

The reason people hate America is very simple: international politics is a game of King of the Hill. Whoever the current king is, the rest of the players want them knocked off.
Many and varied reasons are stated, statistics produced, but it all boils down to "If I can't have it, neither will you."
This scenario has been repeated ad infinitum down the ages, through the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire and own own dear departed British Empire. When Britain ruled the world, the world hated us. Now it's America's turn, and I hope the poor buggers to better with it than we did.
It does, of course, help that the Yanks are generally speaking an optimistic, generous and forward-looking bunch willing to drag the rest of the bitching world along with them. And that their country was the first born AS a democracy, and not evolved to it.
The anti-Americanism rampant now makes me sick. They should pull out of the world, fortify their borders, and let the rest of the world go to hell.

Andrew Brown, Toronto , Canada

It's easy to see how people don't like the US, it's the in your face ideals and the way it forces it on you. Also it's the way that everything has to be bigger or better than anything everyone else has. Finally it's the mindless patriotism that boarders on the dellusional, it's one thing to sing the national anthem and support our sports teams but it's another to say the pledge of alligence everyday and insist on the national flag been everywhere. It just grates!

IVowToTheeMyCountry, Newcastle upon Tyne,

People who hate the United States of America usually do so standing on soil American citizens either cleansed or defended from tyranny, actions thrust upon Us by the passive and deluded.

Kevin Conway, Redondo Beach, California, USA

I don't hate America with its' varied natural beauty, and I respect and value its' learned, their wealth of wisdom and knowledge. But the American Politics, in the family of Nations, the US of A behaves precisely like a rich, spoilt, arrogant, headstrong, aggressive and vindictive teenager. Distinctly biased, conceited, condescending and quick to bully to gets its' way.

Peter Soe-Wynn, Leeds, UK

Bravo Cheryl !

The united states has itself become what it purports to cure, it has no right to preach morals, freedom or democracy to other nations.

Remember Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti, Brazil, Argentina ?

Since the 1950's America has pillaged country after country for economic benefits in the name of freedom and democracy.

You are being naive if you think imperialism is inspiring, Iraq is not about democracy, its about oil and US energy security. Inspiration ? Well it inspires Iraqis to bomb American targets.

As far as need goes...the world needs a country that brings peace and reconciliation not war, that rules out America....

Kartik, Sydney, Australia

Exactly. I completely agree with Joe!!!

Jan, Prague, Cz

I think that the United States will be loved again when we are needed - that is the only time we are ever loved.

Joe Bradley, Coatesville, USA

Most of the Muslim Middle East is a cauldron of violence; of bigotry towards Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims; of police states. The Muslims have, thus far, failed to establish stable states. George Bush's vision of establishing a democracy in the middle of this mess (viz., Iraq) is much more inspiring than the status quo, whose troubles can be traced in part to the arbitrary mandates and borders drawn by France and Britain.

G. Peterson, British Columbia, Canada

Please! America is the name of our continent (from Canada to Argentina), not only the USA

Alex, Monterrey, Mexico/NL