Well personally I don't hate America for being prosperous, and I am not jealous about their prosperity (actually I personally am as well off, or better, as the average American anyway). I have nothing against them having a nice lifestyle their and doing whatever they like within the borders of their own country.

There are a few things about America that I admire and would like to see more of in Europe, but I am not jealous about it, per se.

I can see that people in less prosperous part of the world might feel pure jelaousy towards material prosperity in America though, and I think many in the the Moslem world are disgusted by what they percieve as a very promiscuous and excessive lifestyles in America; spurred on by media. They feel threatened that these values are imposed from the outside, on their own countries.

My own issue is simply with the USAs military presences outside of its' own borders... and with some aspects of its' foreign policy, such as serious meddliing in the affairs of other countries, imposing all encompassing economical sanctions on countries they don't like, etc.

(I just read in the paper today that the USA had set up an office in Oslo to spy on Norwegian citizens, without bothering to inform the state there. It was just discovered and Norwegians are pretty upset. If it goes on there, then its safe to say it goes on in every single European country. Norway is my neighbour/brother country - very fond of it. They should not be spied on by anyone!)