Leaving aside this strange concept of "freedom", the point is merely that most non-Americans do not share rvg's perspective: namely, that there is no reason for non-Americans to be upset when America imposes its agenda on them -

America is a (relatively)* benevolent master, after all...

So the problem is a lack of empathy. Whether or not it pushes decision-making into the realm of the gentle or sentimental, it is a good idea to at least recognize how people feel, how they have come to feel this way, and how natural such feelings are, if only to better effect your own hegemony. If you don't mind that others hate you, then prudence dictates that you take the precaution of working to maintain the sentiment at a substrate-level, and to do this you must first understand the sentiment on a more-than-surface level.

Or, you know, maybe let's leave it at 'everyone just hates America out of jealousy cuz America is rich and better than them'...

So keep in mind that, while the majority of states desperately want American support and attention, this is mostly due to the economic benefits such things entail, as well as the fact that a distant strong America is preferable for many to a nearby strong Russia or China. But geopolitical winds change, you know. If Russian and Chinese projection can/will fade in time, then so can/will the USA's...

*What is missed whenever America's relative benevolence is mentioned is the fact that the conditions that produce this historical benevolence are such that they automatically raise the bar for benevolence. Just keep in mind that ethical standards and contemporary (for any point) conditions are inextricably intertwined. Obviously, Romanesque expand-and-devastate (or vice-versa) would almost immediately precipitate both an American civil war and a World War.