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Originally Posted by Tommy
UW the muslems were getting a bit uppidty and someone needed to get bitch slaped :-)
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If that is true then the majority Muslim population of Iraq are the last people who should have Dubya bombs lobbed their way. Saddam Hussain lead a
secular, non-Islamic government. Any goodwill towards Muslims from Saddam has merely been for PR and ultimately control (descrating a Koran by printing it in his own blood comes to mind.) They were victims under Saddam and they are still victims now. Perhaps worse off.
One could say "well great, that's why the US is bringing them democracy!" If thats the case then it isn't going well. Throughout the world there's a lot of pissed off Muslims who have seen the US foreign policy under Dubya in action over Foxnews (in all its pretentiousness) and Al Jazeera -- or have experienced it personally. Because of Dubya's administration non-Muslims in other Western countries have had their view of the US sour. Dubya is not totally to blame. Bad US foreign policy is nothing new. It's just that its a lot more transparent and seems magnified under his administration.
Before and during the Sept 11 fallout I was inherently Pro-American. I was glad to have my country lend any support needed to find OBL and his band of terrorists. Up until the months after Sept. 11 I hardly considered the US very much different from Canada. I was younger and ignorant about my country (when you're young and constantly being exposed to US television its easy to forget you're Canadian if you don't keep your nationality in check.) The Bush Administration has created a polarisation which I did not expect.
Bush's America seems very different than the one I grew up with. And if America has made any mistakes in its past this administration is repeating them during record time.
The world (and much of the US population, obviously) feel like Dubya is kicking the proverbial bee's nest for short term gain at the expense of future stability.