By Patrick J. Buchanan – October 17, 2001

A month after the massacres, and the ugly scenes of Arabs and Moslems cheering the wounding of America, millions are still asking the question: What did we do that they should hate us so?

Last week, the president professed himself “amazed” to “see that in some Islamic countries there is vitriolic hatred of America.” “I’m amazed that there’s such misunderstanding of what our country is about that people would hate us … like most Americans, I just can’t believe [it]. Because I know how good we are.”