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I'm always reminded of a quote from the great American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, whenever people complain that the U.S. is "hated" "reviled" etc. That quote follows below and is taken from the essay "Self-Reliance": "Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood"

Then of course, there is always this quote I have hanging on my office wall, and point to, whenever a client complains about the war in Iraq, etc. "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”

Let us not forget that when you are a superpower, like the United States is, other countries have reason to hate you, much like when rise to the top of your profession, those below have reason to hate you. It's the nature of the beast so to speak.