Still, the story was pitched perfectly to the essential self-centeredness of Americans. You mean, in the nation we invaded decades ago and have bombed merciless

Still, the story was pitched perfectly to the essential self-centeredness of Americans. You mean, in the nation we invaded decades ago and have bombed mercilessly ever since, murdering and orphaning hundreds of thousands of innocents, there are some people who oppose us to the extent that they'll shoot back, without being paid to do so? They must hate us for our freedom!