They need a foreign threat to justify its military control of the population, and the USA gives the most terrifying threat. (politics.stackexchange.com)
It had a lot of my favourite elements of Doctor Who, not the least of which is my beloved Doctor's reappearance of compassion, complex resolutions, a respect for life, a terrifying threat, sympathetic companions, moral dilemmas, and A MONOLOGUE. (sarahbessey.com)
people do that ALL THE TIME, but you would never know that because you're too busy fantasizing about how great it was in the days that christianity itself filled its pews and wielded social power with the terrifying threat of physical violence (religion.blogs.cnn.com)