{"article":{"id":82804,"heading":"Foreign Views of U.S. Darken Since Sept. 11","author":"little one","created":"2003-09-14 20:57:59","modified":"2005-08-15 01:41:25","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:41:25","article":"<p>The graph above provides a clear indication the US acting as \"Aggressor Nation\" is losing the good will and sympathies of the global community.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"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.\r\n&quot;A lot of people had sympathy for Americans around the time of 9\/11, but that's changed,&quot; said Cathy Hearn, 31, a flight attendant from South Africa, expressing a view commonly heard in many countries. &quot;They act like the big guy riding roughshod over everyone else.&quot;....\r\n","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/09\/0911opinionch.gif","filesize":"14.8 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/09\/82804.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/09\/0911opinionch.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":82841,"heading":"Boo hoo","article":"We're no longer popular!\r\n\r\nUh, folks, this is reality...not junior high.  Popularity shouldn't be a driving force in our foreign policy.","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":82804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-15 00:22:44","modified":"2003-09-15 00:22:44","fileurl":""},{"id":82842,"heading":"Just had a thought:","article":"We can lower our foreign aid and trade to those countries who don't like us any more.\r\n\r\nThen they'll see how much the US means to the world.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":82804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-15 00:25:05","modified":"2003-09-15 00:25:05","fileurl":""},{"id":82845,"heading":"Don't Mess Around","article":"When this whole thing started the question wasn't if the Yanks would mess it up, its was how.\r\nNow we see ---- Iraq","author":"little one","parent_id":82804,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-09-15 00:51:40","modified":"2005-08-15 01:41:25","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/opin650.jpeg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/opin650.jpeg"}}]}