Shortly after September 11th, when President Bush said Islamic terrorists “hate freedom,” critics derided his statement as a simplistic dodge. Freedom couldn’t be the problem, it must be U.S. foreign policy. It must be arrogant American imperialism. It must be anything that places the blame on us and absolves the terrorists of responsibility. After all, no rational person could hate freedom, right? Well, take a look around. To a frighteningly large number of people on this planet, freedom is the enemy.