This is a question that usually makes me cringe in disgust. It disgusts me so much, because the people who usually ask it already have an answer in their heads and it always comes back to being our fault. These people are of course Hollywood “elites” like Michael Moore or liberal Democrats like Barbra Boxer or run of the mill race baiters like Jesse Jackson. They always come to the conclusion that we are the racists, we are the imperialists and we are the greedy ones. They never find fault with the communists who killed more than 100 million people in the 20^th century or the African warlords who kill thousands whose only crimes were belonging to different tribes or the terrorists who kill 3000 of our fellow Americans, because we don’t believe in Islam.

These are, of course, completely absurd allegations against us. When these “Americans” are presented with facts and logical arguments they devolve into tirades on President Bush and conspiracy theories. However, that still leaves the question “why do they hate us?” Well I’m here to tell you that both Conservatives and Liberals are responsible for us being hated around the world, but for very different reasons.

Conservatives make America a target for hatred, because they promote free trade, democracy and capitalism. This makes many hate us, because they represent freedom and freedom is the antidote to the mental and cultural sickness that infects muslim, communist and other totalitarian nations. Conservatives make America a target for hatred, because they choose to defend this country at home and abroad and because they wince at the idea of supporting terrorists like the Palestinians. So to the conservatives that continually make others hate us I say keep up the good work.

Now on to the left. They make us a target for hatred, because they fill ours and other cultures with depravity and lies. Hollywood continually pumps out movies that graphically depict sex, exploitation of women and evil American companies who kill indiscriminately for the bottom line. Movies like Fahrenheit 911, Platoon and Apocalypse Now depict American soldiers as blood thirsty killers who delight in raping and pillaging. The liberal establishment media interview Cindy Sheehan and falsely report stories like the looting of the Baghdad museum while vigilantly reporting the death toll in Iraq.

Put yourself in the place of a poor Muslim farmer. You live a very traditional life and the “honor” of your daughters is paramount in your conscious. Is it any wonder that they hate us when Larry Flint and Courtney Love are more recognizable symbols of America than Abraham Lincoln? I abhor the sexist and racist beliefs in Middle East countries, but if Hollywood and the rest of pop culture want them to stop hating us they should clean up their act. Start making more It’s a Wonderful Life’s and less Natural Born Killers. Glorify people like Will Smith instead of Jenna Jamison.

If the media wants to do their part they should begin reporting on all of the good things we are doing in Iraq. Tell everyone about the schools and hospitals being built. Trumpet the new found freedoms of a once oppressed people and the prosperity that will follow. The Islamic terrorists and warlords hate us because of the good things we do. There is nothing we can do about that, except kill them. The average muslim trying to eek out a living for his family hates us because of what he sees on TV and in the movies. There is something we can do to bring him around. We must call for more family oriented culture. Frankly I don’t care if it makes us any more friends, but at the very least we’ll improve our own society.