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Quote by: sdbest  After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the world stood in solidarity with the United States.
Bush and Co. squandered that good will and support. Today, most people around the world do not have a favorable view of the United States. "On average across the 26 countries polled, 30 percent say the US is having a mostly positive influence in the world while 51 percent say the US is having a mostly negative influence." [ Source]
If another 9/11 scale attack happens to the U.S., will the world care? Will anyone, including the British, ever help the U.S. again?
I'm aware that some Americans give no consideration to the rest of the world, and perhaps that's part of the problem for the U.S. and why it has become a target for some.
Regards
S. |
Those who "give no consideration to the rest of the world" are isolationists, and by definition (at least by those critics of USA foreign policy) would give the LEAST offense to Iran, or Saddam Hussein or Islamic fundamentalism.
But it is never really explained WHY the foreign policy of the USA (or Canada, or the UK, or France) should be about trying not to offend such purveyors. I mean, I understand the argument that the OBL's of the world were just minding their own business (except for the occasional office tower destruction, and attack upon embassies and we can't get to excited about that, eh?) and the USA just stuck a stick in a hornets nest and got what it deserved (except that nobody says that an OBL or a Saddam stuck THEIR stick in a hornet's nest and got what they deserved).
If canada wishes to blame itself (as part of the west) for the agitation of the Islamic world, well, I feel sorry for you folks. Because you are not at fault, and you ought not let anyone say you are.