it has to do with WWII... you see after WWII, the US and the USSR were the only two global hegemons left; the british and french empires were on the way out, yadda yadda yadda, the US stepped in and filled the role as a global leader, and as such, we were expected to raise those regimes that did not fall under Communist influence to the US standard or near standard of living. having not even attempted to try, but merely installed cronies friendly to the US instead of trying to help the society out, has generated tremendous illwill towards the US worldwide.
the issue later migrated into the root causes of terrorism...
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