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Filipinos increasingly resent U.S. military presence...
...third, and most important, aspect of the revolt is that it is aimed at what people see as forms of unfairness in American life. This is where the rebellion's real power lies. Says Yankelovich: "When people begin to resent what they regard as unfair, it generates the kind of emotion that gets some people elected and others thrown out of office...
...over the death of the white policeman, but over the vicious way the police handled the entire situation. Despite claims by Mayor Frank Rizzo and his political hacks that the MOVE organization was universally hated in Philadelphia, most of the black neighbors who lived near MOVE did not resent the group as much as the middle-class whites living on the other side of the city. Right after the shooting, 300 infuriated black neighbors gathered at the scene of the battle to yell at police, throw rocks and inveigh against the blatant racism of the police. The protestors said...
...Pakistanis and Turks also resent, and reject, what they have privately dubbed "the Brzezinski Doctrine." That describes the Carter Administration's policy of relying on "regional influentials" ?Zbigniew Brzezinski's term?to shoulder much of the burden of maintaining security in their area. The "influentials" in this case are Iran and India?and the concept annoys Turkey and terrifies Pakistan. Says Zia angrily: "If the U.S. is thinking of aligning with pillars of strength in this region, then I'm not having any part of it. Instead of turning to Tehran and New Delhi, why can't Pakistan turn...
Griggs also recalls Kenyatta giving speeches in three languages: "He would lead off in deep, booming English for the whites, talking of how Kenyans should not resent foreigners but understand that they were in Kenya to help blacks develop...