To Please 'Em, You Have To Know 'Em

Let's take a lesson from the Liberals, and try to be more liked by the rest of the world, OK? Then we'll be a better place, a better friend, a safer place. It's all so simple!

Let's start by reading some newspaper coverage of us in the non-English press, courtesy of a great new web site, Watching America (h/t "the other CSM"). Here's an interesting one:

World Controlled By 'Zionized American Right-Wing Fanatics'

Some might wonder: Why did the U.S. point its finger toward the Islamic world and accuse it of being a cradle for the terrorist phenomenon?! What prompted the U.S. to have such a crazy idea? Let us not dwell on conspiracy theories. It is fair to say that the United States has chosen the Islamic world as its enemy, under the pretext of fighting terrorism, because it needed a cover for the true nature of U.S. goals and interests in the world today.

We live in a world that is controlled by a small group of “Zionized” American right-wing fanatics. This group is totally influenced by mythical Judaic concepts, which prompted it to declare war on Islam under new banners, such as terrorism. It is equally funny and tragic that the United States, aided by Great Britain and other allies, is the one who is practicing terrorism in all its forms in Iraq. This under a slew of slogans and lies such as, “spreading the humanitarian civilization,” “the need for democracy,” or “the importance of reform.”

Hmmm ... This might not be quite as easy as they make it seem.