Got me to thinking (not always a good thing- I admit). We should allow for people to hate. Holding it in probably isn't a good idea. They can hate us and we can hate them, however, acting on this 'emotion' may be more than mere aggression, it may be a possible act of war.
What does that mean? It means that, when you act-out against people for whatever reason, "The People" may now act as if you are a threat. A smackdown has been long in coming but would pay big dividends- were some punk country like Iran to get spanked internationally.
If you're going to be a world leader, you must assume the Alpha One Male attitude. Anything less is like holding melted ice-cream on a stick.
We should invite some Ayatollahs to a nuclear demonstration, (kind of like a duck-shoot, but they'd probably feel they're the duck, so that's out.) Sunglasses and lots of sunscreen and I bet you create some new followers of this 'new religion'. Next, you walk a camel about 1500 yds out, hand him the scope and let him watch what a .50cal BMG does to a nomad's KIA. "Y'all wanna talk about oil now?"