It is not a secret that blind anti Americanism has become a culture. This culture is spread throughout the world, even in the U.S, where naïve Americans get influenced by leftist media and leftist activists.
Dictators and irresponsible governments use this culture to justify their actions. Look at our own country Iran. Revisiting the events in the last 50 years, shows that Shah executed a coup with his followers and the people who supported them, and the blame goes on America, Shah falls and the blame goes on America for not supporting him/wanting a anti communist regime in Iran (as if Shah wasn’t!), Khomeini comes in and the blame goes on America for they want to suppress Iran/they are friends with the mullahs/Their alleged 1953 coup caused the revolution/their cultural influence endangered the Iranian culture/, the IRI regime’s actions in the last 30 years is also blamed on America for not conversing with the regime/ignoring Iran’s regional power/animosity with the Iranian people/…and the list goes on! So in every event, there is a bashing of America going on! All of this happens as we Iranian do not exist and have absolutely no role in what happens in our own country. If that’s not 1- Twisting of reality 2- insulting the Iranian people, I don’t what is!
That irrational anti Americanism is not only unique to Iran. Other undemocratic governments have done that too. Some examples are China, Russia, Venezuela, N Korea, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Syria, Sudan and Cuba. These countries have portrayed themselves as “anti Imperialist”, and “freedom fighters”, and “justice promoters”, and “hope for human beings!!”! That brings up an important question: what is these so called “Anti American” regimes are talking about and what have they done for their own country? Well, numbers don’t lie! Below, I have gathered data that shows the above mentioned governments’ ranking in critical issues such as human rights and economic prosperity.
– Worst offenders of human rights in the world (out of 20): Iran is ranked 17, China is 12, N Korea is 7, Myanmar is 14, and Sudan is 8. http://www.guardian.co.uk/rightsindex.
– Democracy Index (out of 167): Iran is ranked 145, China is 136, Russia is 107, Venezuela is 95, N Korea is 167, Myanmar is 163, Zimbabwe is 148, Syria is 156, Sudan is 146 and Cuba is 125. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
– Democracy Ranking (out of 150): Iran is ranked 138, China is 120, Russia is 133, Venezuela is 126, N Korea is 75, Myanmar is 150, Zimbabwe is 145, Syria is 138, Sudan is 138, and Cuba is 123. http://www.worldaudit.org/democracy.htm
– Freedom of Speech (out of 195): Iran is ranked 185, China is 181, Russia is 171, Venezuela is 164, N Korea is 195, Myanmar is 194, Zimbabwe is 187, Syria is 180, Sudan is 172, and Cuba is 190. http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fop08/FOTP2008Tables.pdf – Liberty Index (out of 159): Iran is ranked 147, China is 146, Russia is 124, Venezuela is 118, N Korea is 159, Myanmar is 156, Zimbabwe is 151, Syria is 149 and Cuba is 157. http://www.stateofworldliberty.org/report/rankings.html
– Press Freedom (out of 173): Iran is ranked 166, China is 167, Russia is 141, Venezuela is 113, N Korea is 172, Myanmar is 170, Zimbabwe is 151, Syria is 159, Sudan is 135 and Cuba is 169. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders#Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index
– Enemies of the Internet (out of 13): Iran is ranked 7th, China is 3rd, N Korea is 8th, Myanmar, Zimbabwe is 13th, Syria is 10th and Cuba is 4th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship
– World worst dictators (out of 20): Khamenei is 7th, China is 5th, N Korea is 1st, Myanmar is 3rd, Zimbabwe is 6th, Syria is 12th, Sudan and Castro is 18th. http://www.parade.com/dictators/2008/
– Country with most negative influence in the world (out of 7): Iran is ranked 1st!!!! China 4th and Russia 2nd.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4674656.stm
– Best environment for doing business (out of 82): Iran is ranked 78, Venezuela is 81 and Cuba is 79. http://www.economist.com/markets/rankings/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11697971
– Operational Risk (out of 150): Iran is ranked 137, Venezuela is 144, Myanmar is 148 and Zimbabwe is 149. http://www.economist.com/markets/rankings/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10797416
– Economic Freedom (out of 157): Iran is ranked 146, Venezuela is 152, N Korea is 157, Myanmar is 154, Zimbabwe is 156 and Cuba is 155. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_freedom
– Inflation rate (out of 224): Iran is ranked 218, China is 102, Russia is 189, Venezuela is 222, Myanmar is 219, Zimbabwe is 224, Syria 191, and Sudan is 198. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2092rank.html
– Unemployment rate (out of 193): Iran is ranked 127. Please see rest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate
– Corruption rate (out of 180): Iran is ranked 141, China is 72, Russia is 147, Venezuela is 158, Myanmar is 178, Zimbabwe is 166, Syria is 147, Sudan is 173 and Cuba is 63. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
So, how much credibility do these regimes have? How misguided is this irrational anti Americanism that these people invented and promote for? How can we believe or accept anything that comes out of the mouth of these regimes? These are some of the nastiest, brutal, aggressive and human rights violating governments in the history, and because of the influence of global leftist media, some have actually bought there propaganda. America is a perfect target because its powerful, unique and most importantly stands against everything they don’t stand for and is not just a country, but an idea, and Americans have built a nation rarely, if seen at all, in history. This country promotes and represents an idea far greater than what these people can ever understand, and that is respect for human dignity.
It’s time to wake up and stop apologizing for these regimes. The only losing party in our justifications and apologies is the people suffering under these regimes.
