I'm not sure you understood the article.

"In the Middle East, there are plenty of political explanations for this. In the minds of many Arabs and Muslims, the primary sin of the United States has been its unshakable support for the state of Israel, a bedrock ally and the only Western-style democracy in the region."

"Despite past U.S. efforts to broker a peace deal, this country is seen as the primary reason Israel is a thriving and formidable nation and the state of Palestine is still just a gleam in Yasser Arafat's eye.

What's more, the U.S. for 11 years has been the driving force behind United Nations sanctions against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. American and British warplanes continue to enforce no-flight zones over northern and southern Iraq."

"In the broader Islamic world, the Third World and poorer nations of the southern hemisphere, the tension with America has sharpened since the end of the Cold War. Coating it all is a politics inflamed by religious fanaticism.

Then there is the matter of pure envy. Even in the club of industrialized democracies--our peers and allies--there is resentment at America's stature as the world's richest nation, its sole superpower, its predominant culture.

That, in a nutshell, is why they hate us."