Blame America for Everything? :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Ben Hogan (United States), Apr 25, 2003 at 15:00

I don't understand why everyone in the world is determined to blame every problem on America?

The United States today is the biggest scapegoat in the world, a convenient target for every nation or group that refuses to take responsibility for its own problems.

Even when the evidence clearly shows Iraqi responsibility in this particular instance, there is a willful blindness in the world, an ideological "Hate America" presumption that colors all events.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	Poverty and oppression [153 words]	judy durham	Jun 13, 2003 14:48	9545
	Whose Heritage? [54 words]	Bob Klein	Apr 27, 2003 12:26	8693
	Selective guilt [159 words]	A. M. Berlin	Apr 27, 2003 11:53	8692
	Blame America for Everything? [71 words]	Ben Hogan	Apr 25, 2003 15:00	8677
	I disagree [108 words]	H. Donald Busch	Apr 25, 2003 13:03	8672
	But where is the market for stolen antiquities? [77 words]	Gary Goode	Apr 25, 2003 08:52	8668
1	Another Example of Lack of Respect [44 words]	Paul M. Neville	Apr 24, 2003 21:35	8659
	Iraqis are no worse than Americans [293 words]	Sara Kenney	Apr 24, 2003 19:21	8656
	Iraqui Looting [59 words]	Estelle Kresch	Apr 24, 2003 14:53	8652
	Iraqi loss [464 words]	Kyle Gosnell	Apr 24, 2003 03:55	8649
	Museum Damage Minimal [72 words]	J. Zahler	Apr 24, 2003 01:40	8646
	Leftist Intellectuals: Lazy, Unrealistic and Sloppily Moralistic [131 words]	catherine Johnso	Apr 23, 2003 22:41	8642
	iraqi museum [54 words]	orah medzon	Apr 23, 2003 21:49	8641
	Comment to Daniel Braunschvig [228 words]	Halina Minadeo	Apr 23, 2003 20:44	8640
	If only the gov't had consulted you first... [188 words]	Raid Mohammad	Apr 23, 2003 18:21	8639
1	LOOTING [84 words]	MARY ELLEN DAUBENBERGER	Apr 23, 2003 17:47	8637
	More exceptions than these [39 words]	Grayson Hill	Apr 23, 2003 16:46	8634
	Which Iraqis Did It? [158 words]	Virginia Thogersen	Apr 23, 2003 16:15	8632
	Split Iraq for the sake of its population [175 words]	Daniel Braunschvig	Apr 23, 2003 15:33	8631
	Comment to Daniel Braunschvig [39 words]	Jacob Ouanounou	Feb 1, 2006 13:42	8631
	Amen [42 words]	Brett	Apr 26, 2007 19:43	8631
	Iraq National Museum [129 words]	Daksha Howard	Apr 23, 2003 15:24	8629
	Deliberate Plundering [124 words]	Ross Johnson	Apr 23, 2003 14:58	8626
	A terrible tragedy. [174 words]	Ben Eisen	Apr 23, 2003 14:58	8625
	judging profs [88 words]	Adam Margolin	Apr 23, 2003 14:56	8624
	Looting in Baghdad [127 words]	joel fishman, phd.	Apr 23, 2003 13:02	8622
	yes.... [51 words]	brian v	Apr 23, 2003 12:23	8620
	What kind of looters have keys? [212 words]	Ben Shniper	Apr 23, 2003 12:12	8619
	aw shucks [105 words]	Carol Roberts	Apr 23, 2003 11:43	8616
	Good Article, Great Work [111 words]	Earl H. Foote	Apr 23, 2003 11:43	8615
	Iraqi Dissent [214 words]	Hal Weinstein	Apr 23, 2003 11:38	8613
	Iraqi road rage [202 words]	Harry Watson	Apr 23, 2003 10:42	8612
	Inside job [66 words]	Dr. Ron Polland	Apr 23, 2003 10:12	8610
	It's still our fault [196 words]	Andrea	Apr 23, 2003 09:29	8609
	looting done by Saddam's people [109 words]	rick	Apr 23, 2003 07:37	8606
	Looters vs Iraqis of Dignity [257 words]	Shoshona Bieman	Apr 23, 2003 07:33	8605
	sounds more like us than we do [24 words]	clyde wright	Apr 23, 2003 04:32	8602
	laying the groundwork? [115 words]	Greg White	Apr 23, 2003 04:23	8601
	Toward A Clean War? [212 words]	Alain Jean-Mairet	Apr 23, 2003 03:42	8598
	Planned pillage [111 words]	Rosalind Fischl	Apr 23, 2003 03:21	8596
	Iraqi Undercurrent of Violence [484 words]	Elizabeth Coote	Apr 23, 2003 03:20	8595
	Iraqis looting [50 words]	Harald Hoffmann	Apr 23, 2003 01:34	8593
	The Arab Blame Game [98 words]	Jeff Supowit	Apr 22, 2003 22:48	8587
	iraqi [13 words]	david c murphy	Apr 22, 2003 22:32	8585
	Typical Behaviour [29 words]	Michael Peters	Apr 22, 2003 21:52	8583
	Great article! [65 words]	Leon Keylin	Apr 22, 2003 21:50	8582
	quote more please. [142 words]	Marc S. Karlan, M.D.	Apr 22, 2003 21:29	8580
	Iraqi Tragedy [83 words]	Ethel C. Fenig	Apr 22, 2003 18:04	8576
	Iraqi nation [102 words]	Joseph Wechsler	Apr 22, 2003 18:02	8575
	An Iraq Tragedy [27 words]	Richard Wittrup	Apr 22, 2003 17:22	8573
	Looting libraries [62 words]	John Loftus	Apr 22, 2003 15:25	8569
	Loting of museums [49 words]	David Lubin	Apr 22, 2003 15:20	8568
	Human Behavoir [95 words]	Dr. Ron Burgo	Apr 22, 2003 14:55	8567
	Very sad [95 words]	Fenix	Apr 22, 2003 14:16	8565
	Well said! [106 words]	betty ochs	Apr 22, 2003 13:23	8564
	Further on keeping peace [110 words]	Ilona Melstrads	Apr 22, 2003 12:53	8561
	Profoundly disturbing analysis: [241 words]	Glenn Klotz	Apr 22, 2003 12:05	8559
	Museum looting [132 words]	Don Canham	Apr 22, 2003 12:01	8558
	Barbarism extended beyond the Museum [308 words]	Julia Reeves	Apr 22, 2003 11:53	8557
	Another Explanation for Iraqi Looting [337 words]	Paul Strohl	Apr 22, 2003 11:52	8556
	Iraqi looting [113 words]	Arthur Turner	Apr 22, 2003 11:49	8555
	An Iraqi Tragedy [55 words]	bob hardy	Apr 22, 2003 11:41	8553
	Lets look at the facts [131 words]	Susan Bradford	Apr 22, 2003 11:19	8550
	no title [151 words]	Albert	Apr 22, 2003 11:12	8549
	Bravo Dr. Pipes [38 words]	Jay A. Lerman, MSIA	Apr 22, 2003 11:04	8548
	Barbarians self-immolate their treasures. [195 words]	Joan Archiba	Apr 22, 2003 10:35	8546
	kudos [21 words]	gil kushner	Apr 22, 2003 10:19	8544
	iraqi self-destruction and looting [62 words]	Howard Brown	Apr 22, 2003 09:37	8541