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Originally Posted by nowhesingsnowhesobs
Carry on. What did it rise out of?
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Many aspects of U.S. foreign policy.
- Blind support for Israel
- Support for regimes seen as oppressive and tyrannical (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan are examples)
- The US have a broad history of meddling in the politcal affairs of democratically elected countries. It is a fact that many coup d'État were planned by Americans (through the CIA) on democratically elected leaders to ensure its own interests. South America was particularly targetted by this. Guatemala, Honduras, Chile - there were also allegations that the CIA was implied in coups in Brazil and Argentina - as well as Operation Condor.
-America's treatment and use of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Trade Organization is often seen as self-serving and hypocritical in other countries, with reason.
- America's veto power in the United Nations Security Council has repeatedly been used to prevent censure of Israel, thereby angering Arab countries and those supporting them in the Israel-Arab conflict.
- US unilateralism, or "going its own way" on issues varying from the International Criminal Court to the Kyoto Protocol (see below) is also a cause of criticism.
- Some also complain about the fact that America has used the veto power in the United Nations Security Council more often than any other country, but considers it an offensive move when their allies use the veto against an American proposition.
-The continuing embargo against Cuba is seen by a broad range of people as vindictive - and hypocritical in the face of mainland China retaining "most favored nation" trading status.
-The US government annually certifies whether other countries cooperate in its War On Drugs; countries which are judged uncooperative are sanctioned economically and diplomatically. This annual review is seen as offensive by many foreign countries, most notably by Mexico.
- Many criticize the United States for boycotting the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, the Small Arms Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the anti-personnel landmine banning Ottawa Treaty. It is also known to hold the world's largest arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and to continue development of new types of weapons although, along with many other powers, it campaigns against attempts to build weapons of mass destruction by countries such as Iraq, Iran, and North Korea while ignoring similar alleged programs by Israel.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_U.S._foreign_policy"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_U.S._foreign_policy[/url]
The United States are often labelled as imperialist - such a claim cannot be refuted. No matter how you present it, America has, and still shows, blatant disregard for democracy if it comes in conflict with its own interests, effectively ignoring basic human rights such as people's right to self-determination. To say that America defends freedom and peace is incredibly hypocritical and naive. American serves its own interest EXTREMELY well. Kudos to them for this. The arrogance and hegemonic attitude of the American empire is, however, also a negation of many foreign people's sovereignty and rights, but such a fact does not reach the ears of political leaders, let alone Republicans.
This is what anti-americanism rose out of.