Re: foreign policy as it relates to opinion
Well, firstly some of the NATO countries did not have a problem with the war on terror until Bush choose to attack Iraq. When countries like France, Russia, Germany among others where demanded by the US to join in an attack they started to examine the evidence against Iraq and found that they were not valid. Their intelligence showed no signs of WMD or any other eminent threat from Iraq. When they questioned how just an attack would be the Bush administration started a hate-campaign against them with France as the main target. This, of course, pissed off most of the civilized world.
And seeing this in retrospect, what interests or social ideals where promoted, what safety was gained? Sure, maybe control over the worlds second lagest oil-supply or a potential democracy in the middle-east but that wasn't what was sold to the american people was it?
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