So said President Bush shortly after the 9/11 attacks. And no doubt about it: Al Qaeda and related Islamic radical fundamentalists do hate the freedom to follow faiths other than Islam; the freedom to disagree with one's leaders; the freedom to choose those leaders for oneself.
From Bush's same speech: "[Al Qaeda] ...its goal is remaking the world -- and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere."
The GOP has offered a Constitutional amendment that would allow local school boards to arrange for mandatory religious services in public schools. In a majority Christian district, do you think they'll accomodate Jews, Muslims, Buddhists? (in a majority Protestant district, do you think they'll accomodate Catholics?)
Their leader holds power by the thinnest of margins. He was defeated in the court of public opinion, and obtained office only through the loopholes his party routinely decries. When Bill Clinton narrowly won election, he cooperated with the opposition party, moving his government far to the right in the realization they had considerable support. Bush, on the other hand, is showing no interest whatsoever in comprimise. Everything must go the GOP's way; to heck with the more than half of the population that disagrees.
We impose our radial beliefs on people everywhere. A global gag rule (recently overturned by Congress over Bush's objections) prohibits charitible organizations overseas from offering any advice on abortion if they receive any funding from the U.S.. (even if that funding is for completely separate programs, and even if abortion is completely legal in their country)
But the GOP has gone even beyond that, making the U.S. the only country to vote against accepting a 2002 report on reproductive health - in part, because the report suggests better access to contraception (not abortion!) in the developing world.
I won't even go into what we're pushing in the way of copyright legislation...