posted on August 6, 2004 07:59:20 PM new
Just think, the world saw these pictures and the people of many countries have very likely form a new concept of thinking towards the United States. I wonder what it may be?
posted on August 7, 2004 07:46:07 AM new
Even Powell admitted that the Iraq prisoner abuse had a "terrible Impact" on America's international image. BUT his statement was made in an effort to distance the administration from the reports that the Bush administration encouraged the abuses by emphasizing a get-tough approach to interrogations.
He went on to tell the foreign leaders at the economic conference in Jordan, “Watch America. Watch how we deal with this. Watch how America will do the right thing.”
And look what they call the right thing!!! The've shifted the blame to the MP's who were unsupervised and untrained to deal with prisoners.
posted on August 7, 2004 12:51:36 PM new
We are exerting our dominance in the world. The other nations in the world are fully aware that we are using the excuse of 9-11 to be a bully.
Follow the money. The dollar is the pre-eminent currency in the world. Logically, that has to be challenged or we maintain the status quo. The Euro and the Yuan are the two currencies able to challenge our grip on world trade and international banking. Stay tuned.
Don't let our fighting men get pimped out to put out fires all over the world. We can't allow ourselves to get danced around and miss a lob on the far side of the court. We need to concentrate more on dealing with the way things are than with the way we want things to be.
posted on August 8, 2004 04:45:25 PM new
God. I'm ashamed to call myself an American these days.
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My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called "opinionated," is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish. And my only hope is that, one day soon, women--who have all earned their right to their opinions--instead of being called opinionated, will be called smart and well-informed, just like men. ~Teresa Heinz Kerry (bless her)
