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Originally posted by boatin
And it's a shame, cause after 9/11 we had the whole world on our side. There is no reason to drive them away.
People can say we don't need them, and trash talk other coutries all they like. It seems simple to me, however, that it can only HELP having the good graces of the world. Bush has pissed it away. And for no good reason.
Not sure how anyone can argue that point.
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The world support shown after 9/11 was simply a veneer. Scratch the surface and there was little real support for us. Bush's actions didn't suddenly cause the world to view us as selfish, aggressive, unilateral, etc, etc, etc. It simply exposed the feelings that have been brewing over the policies we've enacted and the strategies we've used over the last several decades. To blame Bush alone for the world's distaste for us is as absurd as thinking that the world will suddenly embrace us if Bush is out of power.