Word: anti-american
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...criticizing the U.S.) I make a sharp distinction between the American people and the policies of American governments. I reject the label anti-American...
Lange's snub of the U.S. came after he received a letter from Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, in which Hawke implied that New Zealand's antinuclear stand could harm the alliance. Responded Lange: "The policy is not anti-American. It is not antialliance. It is antinuclear." Washington's concern is that New Zealand's position might send a divisive message to other U.S. allies...
...smiling teenager from Phillips Academy in Andover, who had heard Ginsberg read poetry at his high school, told the writer he liked the graphic homosexual images and anti-American flavor of his poetry...
...Iran's options also appeared to be limited. Given the Khomeini regime's past expressions of support for anti-American terrorists in the Middle East, Iran was not likely to besmirch its image by staging a daring raid to rescue American and Kuwaiti hostages. Even if Tehran had the political will to challenge the militants, it probably lacked the military know-how to carry off such a risky mission without endangering the lives of all the hostages on board. And without the direct cooperation of Iranian officials, no outside power was likely to intervene to end the deadlock...
...more vulnerable to extreme or symbolic attacks by terrorists in foreign nations depending on the degree to which citizens of that nation perceive the U.S. as acting against their interests. What Americans have not yet grasped is that terrorism is often a necessary byproduct of misguided foreign policy. Because the United States has acted carelessly, even recklessly, as a world power. Americans abroad have become ready targets for anti-American or anti-imperialist sentiment...