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It comes down to a personal ethos of whether you're "US VS THEM", "There's good guys and bad guys" and "My country above all others" or whether you believe in the common humanity regardless of nationality.
If you think that we're somehow The Superpower who can dictate and impose, decide and lead and countries who disagree can either sod off or learn to follow our lead, then you really wouldn't care. George Bush was this kind of man.
If you think that problems of the current era require global cooperation, recognize that we live in a global marketplace with varied culture and nationality, one in which people communicate globally in unforseeable ways, and one where a good portion of maintaining national security is maintaining global security, then 'rehabilitating' our reputation is tantamount.
I'm the latter, as you can likely tell from the inherent bias of my words. I can't help but feel anger for the arrogance of conservatives and nationalists who still believe the United States is THE right one, and we already have all the "good guys" on our side, and all the "bad guys" just need to learn to respect us or get bombed.
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