It's really cool how the whole world hates Americans.

[incubus*chick]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/19/politics/19CND-POLL.html

As the Bush administration drives toward war in Iraq, resentment and hostility are building toward America in general and Mr. Bush in particular, a new poll has found.

[Some1]

well, at least part of the world is still sane...

[binary hero]

i like many americans. bush is one american i dislike though

but i don't want this argument again.

[picmixer]

AM sure most of you are likable people. It's just that quite a few of you still have to learn that freedom is about more then just having the right to carrying a gun and taking the right to invade another country under false pretences. Does someone remember Poland 1938

[Fickle]

The majority did not vote for him, but the majority DID give him a Repulican Congress and senate, so who's the majority? Or is it because everybody only votes for the "big" ones. Like the presidential elections. No wonder our country is falling in world favor, we're a bunch of idiots sometimes. The President is nothing without the congress and Senate, but over half of the presidential voters do not return to the booth for the Congress and Senate elections. What a crock. We know our President is not All powerful, but yet we vote like he's the only important figure.
I don't hate America, and I'm American (you'd think they'd go hand in hand, but then you'd be wrong). I have a special finger for those Europeans who hate (very very strong word) America, for whatever reason. I don't know if it's jealousy or disgust or whatever. I may not like you, but I certainly do not wish harm upon you. It just seems to me many people want us to be attacked, and I find that pretty bizarre.

[Digitalhigh]

Yeah, so I didn't see this thread until I posted in "Dear France", but for those of you who missed it, this is what I've got to say on the subject of American/America bashing.

Born in the USA!!!

[zootm]

it was meddling in other countries' affairs that created the hatred and eventually terrorism against the US in the first place. they seem to be trying to set it straight. unfortunately, they're trying to set it straight using the methods that created the hatred in the first place. hopefully, at the end of all this, we'll all be able to look back and decide that regardless of who was "right", people were standing up for what they believe in.

i can almost believe that of the UK government. but there's something wrong about the US's government. it all reeks of "hidden agenda" - whether it's oil or approval ratings, i know that the US govt. isn't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

[zaybee_devil]

didn't read any other posts only the title so excuse me if i say sumthing already said

i'm a muslim...its not the americans that we dislike...it's the current american leadership...i live in a country where there are many many americans...and almost all of the them are very nice, sensible likable ppl...similarly ppl from the west(especialy in the US) should realize that not all muslims are terrorists...there are fanatics then there are muslims...we do not consider the religious fanatics as muslims...they have their own hidden agendas.

[picmixer]

Originally posted by zaybee_devil
didn't read any other posts only the title so excuse me if i say sumthing already said

i'm a muslim...its not the americans that we dislike...it's the current american leadership...i live in a country where there are many many americans...and almost all of the them are very nice, sensible likable ppl...similarly ppl from the west(especialy in the US) should realize that not all muslims are terrorists...there are fanatics then there are muslims...we do not consider the religious fanatics as muslims...they have their own hidden agendas.

Have to agree with you on that one. Somehow it seels that people always take the worst ten percent as an example for a whole group, nation, etc.

I kmow many Muslims myself snd really don't think they would ever wish death to anyone. Most of them are very reasonable people and always open for discussion.

I think it is usually just pplitics and the media that hype up peoples hate against each other.

After all we would all wish for the same beautyful world. It's just that our ideas on how to achieve that perfect world differ a lot. We should learn to respect each others ways and try to learn from each other instead of comndemmning each other.

I know all of this has been said before and might sound like wishfull pseudointellectual Bullshit. But I still believe we should at least tru to live by it. Although we obviously all terribly fail at doing so. But we are all emotional hunabs and not perfect.

[RojMon]

This Canadian has a lot of problems with a mindset that says "might makes right" and "we're the only ones with the balls to anything about <insert fad-of-the-day here>".

Balls (and the responsibility that goes with actually *having* them) would mean dealing with a REAL threat like North Korea and not studiously avoiding the issue in favor of "making a big show of finishing daddy's job to distract people from my pathetic domestic and fiscal policy".

The boy we have in power in this country is no angel - he's well past his departure point, his government is corrupt and he's unfortunately only the best of a bad lot. However, I sleep well every night knowing that George W. is NOT at number 10 Sussex Drive.

As an aside (and just to show I don't play favorites), would someone please tell that posturing self-important two-bit bunch of proselytizers (otherwise known as France) where to get off before they finally in their infinite bravado and ineptitude get us ALL screwed? Some of us actually remember their track record in global politics...

[dlinkwit27]

for peole not liking the war, the stock market here sure has gone up. longest sucession of "up days" since 1996. weird.

[Fickle]

It's hilarious! This article (I just realised) is from The New York Times!! The ultimate extreme leftist paper, one of the worst for twisting stories. They probably went out of their way to find a few extremist polls in Europe. Don't forget the MAJORITY of European nations are supporting us.

[papadoc]

Originally posted by watadoo
I know it went up like 250 pts today and that's great. But the "longgest sucession of up days since 1996" ???? Do you have a cite for that line.

Actually it's the best continuous rise since 1982.

http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=2426111

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by watadoo
and that of everything tied to it.

i.e. Election 2004...

[dlinkwit27]

Originally posted by papadoc
Actually it's the best continuous rise since 1982.

http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsAr...toryID=2426111

i was jsut reguritating what i had heard on cnn (or was it fox news?) about 2 hours before i posed that. I heard it at school. I think they were tlaking about the NasDaq, and using the above week, i guess te DOW is kicking ass too.