Bush policy brings the world on his back

[JoFerret]

Bush the uniter.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040922/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_foreign_opinion&cid=1506&ncid=2043

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The world view of the US superpower has seldom been as low as since President George W. Bush launched the invasion of Iraq without explicit UN approval.

Arrogant, aggressive, too unilateralist are just some of the terms used to describe the US administration.

Opinion polls taken around the world confirmed the dim view of the US leader and his policies, which is most notable among traditional allies in Europe and the Arab world.

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"... the breadth and depth of the current anti-Americanism are unprecedented," he said.

...76 percent of Europeans oppose Bush's foreign policy. This is a spectacular 20 percentage point rise in two years.


The fall in US popularity in the Muslim world has been marked by an accompanying increase in the popularity of Osama bin Laden ....

If the rest of the world was voting in the November 2 presidential election, the Democrats' John Kerry would walk the competition against Bush.
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[Lefta Dissenter]

1. don't forget to rate it

currently at 4.6

[Carla in Ca]

12. 3.47 199 votes

Two questions...

Is it true there were a lot of empty seats at UN today?

Regarding our standing in the world; I read that China is to become the new super power, learning English isn't a priority any longer. True?

[RevCheesehead]

2. Read and rated story a "5"

[alittlelark]

3. Rate it!!!!!

Great story.... and on yahoo no less.....drip, drip, Tidal Wave

[teryang]

4. FIVE n/t

[Sydnie]

5. Done n/t

[alittlelark]

6. I put it in GD as well

but I probably should have credited JoFerrets thread

Hey Jo (where ya goin' with that gun in your hand.......)

But really, do you want me to add this thread to the GD post?

[truthisfreedom]

7. it's up to 3.61 already. RATE IT 5!

[alittlelark]

10. AAAACKKK....

It's being FREEPED!!!

At 25 responses it was above 4.6.

[KalicoKitty]

8. Thanks, and I rated it 5

n/t

[Massacure]

9. Oh, OH OH OH! I LOVE THIS QUOTE!!!

"The kind of attacks encountered today would have been all too familiar in tone to Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who had to spend as much time and energy as current leaders proving to Europeans that their country was not inherently bad."

That's really gotta shoot Bush down.

[w4rma]

14. That quote is not good.

It tries to cast Bush in the same light as some of our most revered former Presidents.

[alittlelark]

11. kick it

[cliss]

13. Who could ever imagine....

that someday we might need our friends. You never know! Remember the story of the Lion and the Mouse. The lion laughed when the puny mouse promised to help him someday. That someday actually arrived. The mouse saved the day because of past favors.

Who will help us, if we are ever in need sometime in the future? I wonder. Look at these devastating hurricanes which are tearing through the US South. What if they keep wreaking havoc for the next 10 years? After our economy has been gutted by this senseless war, we might actually be needing help from our friends. The same ones that Bush kicked sand in their faces.


We'll see......

[dArKeR]

15. aWol is losing American businesses billions of $ in lost revenue.

College students, tourism, and overseas customers purchasing American products. Together with the effects of Republican global warming damage this really could spell a depression in America. But I know 90% of Americans live in La La Land so that could be the icing on the cake.