Ed Morrissey:

The idea that anti-Americanism exists or increased just because of Bush springs from an immature, self-centered view of the universe and international politics. We saw this in the weeks after 9/11 from the "Why do they hate us" crowd that attempted to blame the victim for the terrorism. It's safer to think that we control everything in the world, and that therefore we have the power to change anything in the world. That's nothing more than a fairy tale, and a dangerous one when taken seriously.