An obvious solution?

At the annual Global Travel and tourism summit held recently it was revealed the the US's share of the international travel has fallen by 35% since 1992. Apparently the secretary of homeland security Michael Chertoff said that the US has to distinguish between "our large number of friends and small number of enemies". Following this the Pew Global attitudes report notes that those in Britain with a "favourable opinion" of the US has fallen from 83% in 2000 to 56% in 2006.
Didn't someone mention to these americans that making comments not in the spirt of harmony at the United Nations and then treating every visitor like a criminal forcing them to strip at airports is just not the way to welcome people into your home?