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rekna, the world has NEVER liked us. During WWII, the Germans and Japanese REALLY didn't like us, since we were in a shooting war with them. Why should we care what they thought?
WRT the Iraq war, it's been pretty conclusively shown that Saddam was in fact paying politicians off in France and Russia, and possibly other places too, to prevent the invasion of his country and see to it that the sanctions were relaxed and lifted. Those countries weren't betraying the US by being bribed by Saddam, they were looking after what they saw as their own self-interest. They are NOT our friends.
The US has NO need to be liked by the rest of the world. We are what we are, and if they don't like it, they can kiss our super-sized ass. Our safety isn't a popularity contest.
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