As far as world opinion goes the US cannot win no matter what action, or
inaction, it takes in any situation.

If a government is starving its own people and we send food, we are propping
up a repressive government.

If a government is starving its own people and we do not send food, we are
heartless and greedy.

If a government is facing revolution and we assist it, we are propping up a
repressive government.

If a government is facing revolution and we do not assist it, we are
heartless and greedy.

If a government is facing revolution and we assist the revolutionaries, we
are interfering in another nations internal affairs.

Europeans like to use the Palestinian issue as a way to attack the US and
Israel. This is another no win situation because to the Arab world the
Palestinian's are a weapon in the war of world opinion and nothing more.
They will never permit a peaceful resolution to this crisis until something
happens to shake up the status quo in the region.

If you truly get your opinion of the US from our media, it is no wonder you
have such a distorted view of our president. Every Republican president
since I have been old enough to follow politics has been accused by the news
media and Democrats of being intellectually inferior and out to kill old
people, children and wounded puppies. Many in the US have finally woken up
to this fact and it has sparked a panic in these organizations that is a
great deal of fun to watch.

One thing I have found common with liberals in the US media and around the
world is that they surround themselves with people who think only as they
do. They ignore any dissenting opinion to what they say as their opinion is
free speech but what others say in disagreement is hate speech and not
worthy of consideration. So I guess it is natural that they begin to believe
that everyone thinks the same way as they do. And if they do not, they must
be discredited and destroyed at all costs.

After the 9/11 attack Bush was accused of seeing the danger and not doing
enough to stop it. Now he says he sees the danger and is moving to stop it.
Of course, the same people who spoke up before now say he cannot do this. He
must wait until we are attacked and we have new casualties, for which he
will be blamed, before he can take action against the danger. Gee, what a
surprise, another no win situation.

With Iraq, the French and German governments have aligned themselves against
the US. The German resistance was a disappointment but the French tactics
were no surprise. In the end, both governments are irrelevant to the outcome
of the situation in Iraq. But they might cause the final crack that destroys
the UN. So perhaps it is true, in every cloud there is a silver lining.

Comments are my own, not my employer's... etc.





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