I disagree that we were respected under the Bush Administration. Feared, probably as bullies anywhere would be feared because of our powerful arsenal and the dimwits controlling it. Osama bin Ladin clapped his hands with glee, however, when the military attention turned from Afghanistan to Iraq. All that American blood and treasure sqaundered.
We were NOT, repeat NOT, respected under the Bush Administration. Bush was seen not only as ignorant of the world, but proudly ignorant of the world, blundering into wars he knew little about, and cared less – an arrogant ugly American. Which I guess was pretty accurate.
I travel all over the world, and my colleagues – most of whom are very pro-American and indeed many went to school here – all sort of said the same thing after 2004, whether I was in Australia or Switzerland: “what happened that you elected him?”
Magnaut over 14 years ago
HE WON’T NOTICE FOLKS….THE CBO REPORT ON A DRAFT WHAT CROOKS
tpenna over 14 years ago
The US is now the most admired nation in the world (http://tinyurl.com/yc6rg5d), up from number 7 last year. Surely that’s worth something.
deadheadzan over 14 years ago
I disagree that we were respected under the Bush Administration. Feared, probably as bullies anywhere would be feared because of our powerful arsenal and the dimwits controlling it. Osama bin Ladin clapped his hands with glee, however, when the military attention turned from Afghanistan to Iraq. All that American blood and treasure sqaundered.
Motivemagus over 14 years ago
We were NOT, repeat NOT, respected under the Bush Administration. Bush was seen not only as ignorant of the world, but proudly ignorant of the world, blundering into wars he knew little about, and cared less – an arrogant ugly American. Which I guess was pretty accurate. I travel all over the world, and my colleagues – most of whom are very pro-American and indeed many went to school here – all sort of said the same thing after 2004, whether I was in Australia or Switzerland: “what happened that you elected him?”
believecommonsense over 14 years ago
pure revisionist claptrap. Al Qaeda wasn’t even in Iraq until we invaded it after we screwed up and let him get away in Tora Bora.