i'd agree with the last point of kliemna. No country in the world has faced more criticism than the US for its policies. I mean look at China (with no reference to its people). They have followed a policy of aggression and ruthless surpression. Rarely does the world look at this. It is the US that faces the most criticism because of its military and economic power. We have been detaining people in military camps because not only the US, but the world view them as dangerous men. But just because of anti US sentiments harbored by many people, the issue of human rights has surfaced in these camps. Human rights?? Has any country in the middle east received so much criticism? A person speaks against the government, and he is sentenced to death. Yet voices remain silent... but when it comes to the US, without even any significant evidence of human rights abuses, the world is pounding on us. They want them released. The fact is that these people are getting better food and living conditions then they would have ever got from the place they have come from. They even have a mosque in these camps.

Coming to Iraq and Israel. Which one of them has threatened their neighbors? (hint, it does end with a "q")

Now, the US has done some wrong things. But how many good things has it done? When was the last time the US bailed out a fellow country by giving it money? and when was the last time the US was praised for that. The fact is the US has done more good to other nations then any country in the world. trust me, we are crying about hippocracy... but imagine a world without the US... without a bully to keep dangerous countries from attaining WMD... without a bully that went to great depths to stop weapon proliferation.. without a bully that wanted a more safter middle east and south asia.. without a bully that has contributed more to the world than all the other countries combined.

Where would we be then? Spiralling into world of never ending power conquests, weapon proliferation and global arms races.