Anwaar
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Post by Anwaar on Nov 3, 2006 9:59:18 GMT 4
Mirror, mirror on the wall… For six long years, the Republicans have been in the driving seat of the American juggernaut as it recklessly blazed its trail across the world stage like a massive inexorable force crushing whatever stood in its path. Now, as the US electorate prepares to vote in the upcoming elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 7, 2006, with all of the 435 seats in the House up for election, it is time to review America’s current world image. The scribe does of course realize that for this appraisal to be believable, it must not be the opinion of those who have been at the receiving end of this American ‘largesse’ of the past six years, but of its most allied allies i.e. Canada, Britain, Mexico and, oh yes, Israel. Today, the 3rd November 2006, an opinion poll conducted on ‘the role of the United States in the current world affairs’ by five leading international newspapers from countries most allied with the United States has been published. The participating newspapers in the survey are: La Presse (Canada), The Toronto Star (Canada), The Guardian (Great Britain), Haaretz (Israel), Reforma (Mexico). Full results and analysis of the poll are available from La Presse online as of 7:00 a.m. on November 3 at www.cyberpresse.ca/us. The five newspapers each hired independent polling firms to ask approximately 1,000 citizens in their own country to respond to questions ranging from the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the safety of the world and the advancement of democracy to the danger posed by world political leaders from George W. Bush to Kim Jon Il. While generally in the poll results, America is now commonly seen as a greater threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies than any other actor on the world stage, it also reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among some of its staunchest supporters since the invasion of Iraq. Here are a few of the highlights; The British voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the infamous ‘axis of evil’ countries.
Indicating an alarmingly high level of distrust, in Britain again, 69% of those questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased global security.
The findings in Britain are reflective in America's immediate northern and southern neighbors, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US policy.
Still more amazing is the fact that even in Israel, a country for which America takes all the punches on its image and which has long been thriving on American guarantees to its national security, support for the US has slipped. Only one in four Israeli voters say that Mr. Bush has made the world safer, outweighed by the number who think he has added to the risk of international conflict, 36% to 25%. A further 30% say that at best he has made no difference.
Voters in three of the four countries surveyed also overwhelmingly reject the decision to invade Iraq. Opinion against the war has toughened strongly since a similar survey before the US presidential election in 2004. In Britain 71% of voters now say the invasion was unwarranted, a view shared by 89% in Mexico and 73% in Canada, a country that is a NATO member whose troops are in action in Afghanistan. Neither do voters think America has helped advance democracy in developing countries, one of the justifications for deposing Saddam Hussein. Only 11% of Britons and 28% of Israelis think that has happened.
The bitterest irony in the polls, and what also takes the cake, is the fact that Mr. Bush is now ranked with some of his worst enemies. Though he is outranked by Osama bin Laden in all four countries, yet runs the al-Qaida leader close in the eyes of UK voters: 87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75% who think the same of Mr. Bush. Only 10% of British voters think that Mr. Bush poses no danger at all.
The US leader is now seen in Britain as a more dangerous man than the president of Iran (62% think he is a danger), the North Korean leader (69%) and the leader of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah (65%).One more poll, plus no more gaffes from John Kerry, and the US president may well find himself strung highest up in his self-made hall of shame. So as the US voters stand in line at the polling booths this coming Tuesday, one hopes they hear the global chant of ‘mirror, mirror on the wall…’ that is now in synch with that of America’s closest allies. Copyrights : Anwaar Hussain
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Post by Jane on Nov 3, 2006 11:03:40 GMT 4
Good analogy. Unfortunately for the world, the mirror appears to have to crack if there is to be peace. Just THINK of the good that all that money could have done in this world if it hadn't been spent on "war". What scares me right now -- and many other Americans too -- is that Bush's cronies will lose the election, Bush will proclaim martial law and we will be stuck with that sadistic idiot for another 20 years! So sad that Iraq has to fall apart. And it has, according to Patrick Cogburn and Dahr Jamal.
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Post by Doug on Nov 3, 2006 11:56:24 GMT 4
Anwaar: #8 will surprise you.... but word is beginning to leak out about our special new bombs. Here are a few comments: In his Own Words:
Mr. Bush does not care what the world thinks of him or the US. George Bush does not care what Americans think of him or his Presidency. This is not speculation or hearsay, because it is Mr. Bush who has stated how he feels about his and America's image. Mr. Bush does seem to care how the Mexicans and Israelis view him. And only in the last few weeks has he shown any caring about the Republican Party. As a bit of reality has crept into his little world, he's been told by advisers, and he has come to accept the concept: that if the Democrats take over the House and/or the Senate, his true governance is over. If the Democrats take the House, there will be quacking for the next two years from this lame duck in office. Bush can then look back at his LEGACY: 1. "Compassionate Conservative" George Bush has killed more innocent people than Osama Bin Laden. 2. George Bush did for the Republican Party what he did for Iraq; destroyed both. 3. George Bush's plan of de-Bathification in Iraq is mirrored by his de-Republicanation of Congress. 4. George Bush spread poverty to more people around the world than he spread wealth to his own people who elected him in America. 5. George Bush built the US debt faster than he built the government bureacracy in America. 6. "Conservative Republican" George Bush expanded US government faster than any Liberal Democrat President ever did. 7. George Bush was the first US President to claim that space is the dominion of the United States, and an extension of US soil. 8. George Bush was the first US President to use radioactive bombs (given to Israel and used during their recent invasion of Lebanon) since World War II. 9. George Bush has killed more people than any US President since Harry Truman. 10. George Bush presided during the highest oil prices in history, thus providing a strong financial support to HIS sworn enemy, his "axis of evil", the mullahs of Iran. 11. George Bush was able to suspend the People's rights embodied in the US Constitution for a full 6 years. This beats the previous record holder, Richard Nixon, whose record of suspension was 6 months. 12. George Bush has given the go-ahead for the greatest expansion of nuclear weapons since the 1960s Cold War. 13. George Bush has re-installed tactical nuclear weapons onto the Korean peninsula while professing to the UN that the peninsula should be a nuclear free zone......."and that means N. Korea, another axis of evil." 14. George Bush bombed more schools in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq than Bill Clinton ever bombed aspirin factories in the Sudan. 15. George Bush has not been seen in public with his Bible for quite some time.....about the last time he was publicly seen donning a yamulke. 16. George Bush has completely spent his political capital and his intellectual capital. 17. George Bush spread democracy like he spread cow manure: both stayed in a barn in Texas.
Doug
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michelle
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Post by michelle on Nov 3, 2006 16:04:26 GMT 4
Thanks for the summary, Anwaar; It boggles one's mind to see this man [?] still in power. I sent the following to President Bush at the White House, back in April, 2005, and have pulled it up again for viewing. It was published by TvNewsLies: Reader Prays for Bush Please give it a read and view the flash video: Click here: Two Years bushflash.com/y2.htmlPresident Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, US 20500 Dear Mr. Bush: As a citizen of the United States I implore you to take a few moments and watch this flash message. It has been two years since the invasion of Iraq and what have you accomplished except to add an enormous amount of pain and suffering to the world? The situation in Iraq gets worse everyday. The world sheds tears over senseless death and destruction. What darkness in your heart compels you to crush a nation under the heels of so called democracy? This is the legacy you have built for yourself, and you have dragged our country to the depths of a bottomless pit. No, Mr. Bush, God our Creator does not stand behind you; so who does? Were you not once an innocent child of God? Can't you reach back to a time in your life when the Light of God shone in your heart and find the courage to come back to that Light? I feel sorry for you as a human being who has so lost his way, and I send the Love of God to you and your family. I am sending a copy of this letter out over the Internet and I will ask all the recipients to pray for you and ask for God's mercy on your soul. Love and Deep Peace, Michelle L. Zewe Pennsylvania Source: tvnewslies.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=3902#3902Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject: TvNewsLies Reader Prays for Bush
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Post by Steve on Nov 9, 2006 21:01:36 GMT 4
Anwaar has no understanding of how Democracies work. Which is understandable since he has never participated in one.
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