pport of Israel at the top of a list of actions that ends with almost everything George Bush has said or done. But Bush, to me, is an enabler of anti-Americanism, not a creator. This creed is not reactive, it is visceral. Why else would English friends with impeccable anti-racist credentials ask about our #
children (who grew up in the US) "How will you get rid of their accents." Well, why would we want to? It is a historical fact that anti-Americanism predates the US. It was not invented in reaction to the Monroe Doctrine or the use of marines to pacify Latin America or McDonald's or Hollywood or #
luck," he chuckled. It is, of course, perfectly reasonable to disagree with Bolton. It's perverse to argue - as some US commentators have - that anti-Americanism is always illegitimate. After all, plenty of Americans dislike Bolton with the same passion. It is also possible to exaggerate the extent of anti-#
Americanism. Living in the US for the past five years, I assumed the rest of the world was seething with passionate resentment at the way it's been treated. But #
ers created it and we ought to nurture it, not tear it down. &183; Justin Webb is BBC Radio's chief Washington correspondent; Death to America - Anti-Americanism Examined is on Radio 4 next Monday at 8pm justin.webb@bbc.co.uk 
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