This policy has moved Iran to new heights of anti-American rage, as it sees Kuwait as an ally of Iraq, its enemy in a seven-year-old war.
Too often, putting realpolitik ahead of freedom has backfired, causing anti-American rage.
The current protest, called by Muslim organizations and leftist political parties, was largely peaceful, but bristling with an anti-American rage that is not often displayed in India.
That incident, along a smugglers' route about 30 miles from here, and the others have apparently fueled intense anti-American rage in the villages on the border.
In a country rife with extremism and anti-American rage, officials here not only fear new terrorist acts, they expect them.
The violence was one of the most brutal outbursts of anti-American rage since the war in Iraq began more than a year ago.
The Arab leaders encourage this anti-American rage, rather than helping their own people and economies.
If she continues to support the United States once hostilities begin, some of the anti-American rage could be turned against her.
And, according to Ms. MacLame, if only we held hands and loved them, the terrorists' anti-American rage would melt away.
Even before China's embassy was attacked by mistake on the night of May 7, causing an outpouring of anti-American rage here, China strongly condemned NATO's military campaign.