I agree with Dr Brain. First of all, others countries were cheering when 9/11 happened. Chinese students got out of school and burned American flags in the street. We were hated before then. Iran didn't like us because we were the first country to recognize Israel as a country. A lot of Arabs didn't like us because we took one of their leaders and that is supposedly why they attacked us. Now whether or not the attack was done by guys in tents is any story, but the economy was better before we spent billion, almost a trillion dollars on the war. Last I checked we spent over 600 Billion on the war. That is more than the rest of the world combined. The rest of the world totals about 200 Billion or so I believe. Anyway, no one likes America because we have a huge ego, are self-centered, don't understand any other culture, were rude, and everyone has to be like us. That's not how all Americans are, just the ones on TV and the ones with enough money to travel to those countries. It's mainly northern people that do that. In the south there's a lot more tolerance as long as you aren't gay or black.