it's like stockholm syndrome....they've been "brainwashed" into believing the US is always....ALWAYS.... the big bad wolf....
I'm NOT suggesting we are "angels"....far from it....and, yes, we have caused more than our share of trouble in the world.....(and, the spin doctors rely on that fact to reinforce their lame argument(s)......
these people are so emotionally attached to their preconceived ideas that they will believe anything they are fed....