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Hold up... speak for yourself. The -Bush- adminstration foreign policy is as you stated.

LOL Everyone knows about America, living in other countries

Without war mongering,the U.S.A economy would shut down.Thats what it's economy is built on.

What a great post and very true.

I think that America has become its own worse enemy. If I can generalize without insulting I would have to say we are short sighted, egotistical and too quick to point our fingers at others.

I think the worst aspect is the way our political system has evolved into nothing more than mud slinging and flat out lies in order to discredit. There are very few real issues being addressed anymore, it's all finger pointing and name calling. This goes equally from both the major parties depending on who's in office or who holds the majority i.e. it was Clinton before, Bush now and it will continue with the next president.

We can't expect anyone to look upon us as a nation or a people with any sense of respect until we stop behaving like children and have some self respect. We need to stop pandering to these folks when they resort to the mud slinging and make them stick to the issues and their agendas. If we don't our reputation will continue to decline.

What's the first thing you want your enemy to do? Underestimate you. Imagine how many people would stop laughing if they thought Bush had a decent IQ.

The art of War, Good book. I'd also recommend the Dokkodo by Mirimoto Musashi.

I believe those that think he's stupid aren't thinking clearly. One doesn't get to that position by being stupid or by only having the right friends.

True enough, They're already talking about how much each candidate has raised or will raise raise in coming months. Perhaps all three factors (Money, Friends and intelligence) along with others are necessary elements but someone lacking either of those three would never make it to that office.

I just think most of what is said about some people, especially politicians, is based on opinion and emotion instead of fact.

Betting pools have already started on the odds of Obama surviving til election day. Many are looking at the Kennedys assasinations, MLK and see a comon factor of being against the current war of the day....Obama is clear and precise about his proposed solutions, Hillary Clinton will / would continue the war(s) so for all intents and purposes, she too is now considered part of the "military-industrial complex". Interesting analogies....
Do American leaders understand that "terrorism" against their country and its citizens is largely in reaction to their aggressive and violent foreign policy, or do they genuinely not know why America is so hated? Here are two answers:
Former president Jimmy Carter:
"We sent Marines into Lebanon and you only have to go to Lebanon, to Syria or to Jordan to witness first-hand the intense hatred among many people for the United States because we bombed and shelled and unmercifully killed totally innocent villagers---women and children and farmers and housewives---in those villages around Beirut...As a result of that...we became kind of a Satan in the minds of those who are deeply resentful. That is what precipitated the taking of our hostages and that is what has precipitated some of the terrorist attacks."
Then Secretary of State Colin Powell, writing of what preceded the 1983 attack on the US Marine barracks in Lebanon:
"The Uss New Jersey started hurling 16-inch shells into the mountains above Beirut, in World War Two style, as if we were softening up the beaches on some Pacific atoll prior to an invasion. What we tend to always overlook in such situations is that other people will react much as we would."
The ensuing "terrorist" attack against the US Marine barracks in Lebanon took the lives of 241 American military personnel. And Reagan retreated in shock....

Off topic, my apologies, but I HAVE to congratulate tessylatetease on your CS name! Never have I seen more humor and intelligence packed into a name. No areas left uncovered, eh?



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