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by little one
Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 1:57 PM
In the two years since Sept. 11, 2001, the view of the United States as a victim of terrorism that deserved the world's sympathy and support has given way to a widespread vision of America as an imperial power that has defied world opinion through unjustified and unilateral use of military force.
"A lot of people had sympathy for Americans around the time of 9/11, but that's changed," said Cathy Hearn, 31, a flight attendant from South Africa, expressing a view commonly heard in many countries. "They act like the big guy riding roughshod over everyone else."....
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The graph above provides a clear indication the US acting as "Aggressor Nation" is losing the good will and sympathies of the global community.
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by nonanarchist
Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 5:22 PM
We're no longer popular!
Uh, folks, this is reality...not junior high. Popularity shouldn't be a driving force in our foreign policy.
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by nonanarchist
Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 5:25 PM
We can lower our foreign aid and trade to those countries who don't like us any more.
Then they'll see how much the US means to the world.
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by little one
Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 5:51 PM
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When this whole thing started the question wasn't if the Yanks would mess it up, its was how. Now we see ---- Iraq
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