After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the twin towers and Pentagon, when Islamofascists brought their religious war to the soil of America, most folks thought the United States finally had an enemy the political left could and should get behind fighting. 

To the bewilderment of observers, however, the side of the political spectrum that prides itself on its supposed history of "antifascism" has spent its time since 9/11 defending jihadists and other militant Muslims.

Jamie Glazov, author of the new book, "United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny and Terror," has an answer: The left's hatred of America is not the cause, it’s just a symptom. Hard-core leftists hate simply for the sake of hate.

The outspoken leaders of the hard left, are not happy, contented people. They are as alienated from what they would scornfully called a "bourgeois" lifestyle as any suicide bomber.

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