"Why They Hate Us"

It's a throwaway line in a rather silly editorial, but hasn't this one worn itself out?

The United States went into Iraq because, even if mistakenly, it wanted to rid the world of a menace. For this, the world hated it.

I would challenge Sebastian Mallaby to find me somebody who hates the United States because it toppled Saddam Hussein, except there is a possibility that if he looks hard enough he'll find... one.

Is Mallaby trying to get invited to a White House dinner?