A senior State Department official, who is active in public diplomacy, says he starts his day pondering the antipathy to the United States.

"Why, in Jordan, do people think Osama bin Laden is a better leader than George Bush?" he asked. "It's not just Arabs who are angry with the United States. It's worldwide."

 
”The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.” --Plutarch (46-120), Greek historian