Editing Margaret Drabble (section)

===Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq===
In the aftermath of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], Drabble wrote of the anticipated wave of [[anti-Americanism]], saying: "My anti-Americanism has become almost uncontrollable. It has possessed me, like a disease. It rises up in my throat like [[acid reflux]], that fashionable American sickness. I now loathe the United States and what it has done to Iraq and the rest of the helpless world", despite "remembering the many Americans that I know and respect". She wrote of her distress at images of the war, her objections to [[Jack Straw]] about the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] and "American imperialism, American infantilism, and American triumphalism about victories it didn't even win". She recalled [[George Orwell]]'s words in ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' about "the intoxication of power" and "the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever". She closed by saying, "I hate feeling this hatred. I have to keep reminding myself that if [[George W. Bush|Bush]] hadn't been [[2000 United States presidential election|(so narrowly) elected]], we wouldn't be here, and none of this would have happened. There is another America. Long live the other America, and may this one pass away soon".<ref name="I loathe America">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3591026/I-loathe-America-and-what-it-has-done-to-the-rest-of-the-world.html|title=I loathe America, and what it has done to the rest of the world|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Margaret|last=Drabble|date=8 May 2003|access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref>