Faith at War

Checked this book out from the library yesterday and read the introduction, which I strongly urge you to read here (just scroll past the first few pages). Looks very interesting, but I won't be able to get to it for at least a few days until I finish The Tipping Point, which I started last week.

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The introduction begins by the author discussing a trip he made to Cairo in the days after Sept. 11. What he found surprised him. In the city's slums, that one would figure would seethe with anti-American sentiment, he found little joy over the attacks and actually some sorrow. In the more posh neighborhoods, however, he listened to fashionably dressed young people revel in the attacks -- while dining on McDonald's french fries -- with one girl adding that she hoped a lot of Jews perished.

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This got me thinking: Why is it that seemingly everywhere it is the more prosperous areas that rage against the U.S.? This goes far beyond the Middle East. Western Europe is also a hotbed of such anger. And even there you will find it far more amongst the upper crust than the working class. Of course here in the U.S. you find the same phenomenon -- producing a great deal of frustration amongst liberals that blue-collar workers haven't gotten on their bandwagon.

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I guess crass anti-U.S. sentiment is a luxury that only the well-off can afford to indulge in.

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Update: More on the book here.