Comments on: How Does The World See America After Bush?

By: Thoreau Fan, Virginia,USA

Thoreau Fan, Virginia,USA — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:05:01 +0000

Hey, back to the question, can we hear from some more people outside the US ?
As far as the rest, I believe Obama is better for us than the past administration. We need to give his policies time.It seems the economic crisis is getting better, though it would have been a better jump start to give 700 billion to the public, rather than Wall St, but I digress. He seems to need to grow a backbone in dealing with international politics, stop apologizing, he can’t change the past but he can change the future.

By: Roy G

Roy G — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:35:05 +0000

Welcome One American’s Perspective. I can’t contend the world has
been peaceful during the last 60 years, and when U.S. presidents start preemptive wars on bad thinking – like Vietnam and Iraq that lead to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths – America is going to take blame for that. We’ll do better IMO to own up to previous misjudgments and commit to being a better global partner & citizen, than to try to wallpaper
it over with self-annointment.

Technology is fast shrinking the planet, and the age of unilateralism is over. The 21st Century will belong to those nations whom find common avenues and do not fear commercial interdependence. It’s here.

America exports many things, both positive and negative to the world. It knows that and I don’t believe in total, hates America. It’s time to to repair strained relationships and reverse a failed laissez-faire economic ideology, that caused the financial meltdown of 2008 & ongoing global recession.

By: One American's Perspective

One American's Perspective — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:19:58 +0000

Great site but I feel a little “big picture” truth needs to be introduced to this discussion. First: the United States accepts more legal immigrants as permanent residents than any other country in the world – roughly one million legal immigrants a year (they can’t all be wrong) and second: since the beginning of recorded history straight through to 1944 the number of yearly casualties of unbridled warfare was on an ever-upward curve into double-digit and possibly triple-digit millions. The peace and prosperity of the last 60 years (brought about by America’s hegemony) have been unprecedented in human history. Not to say we can do no wrong but please World (i.e. Planet Earth), try to get some perspective on your hatred/dislike of America.

By: johnny hempseed/Corporate States of Amerika

johnny hempseed/Corporate States of Amerika — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:53:36 +0000

OK “Gates,” can I call you Bill?6 months,got your point.This mandate for change wont be jingling in peoples pockets(unless they work at Goldman “Sacks”) ,for years. ProgressiveDems,Grns,Msa’s,and other independants we wonder….Hmmmmmm what if the economy tanks even more and only the bankers and a couple of job exporting auto firms are the only ones “stimulated”? The loyal opposition has been derilict in thier duty,because the opposition serves the same corporate masters. peace

By: GATES

GATES — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:16:22 +0000

All I have to say is…6 months, 6 months, 6 freakin’ months. The current administration has been in office for about 6 months and people in the U.S. are bawlin’ and sqwawlin’ after they sat on their “patient” butts for 8 years while the “W”orst Administration in history tanked America from top to bottom. What Obama policies have made the U.S. worse off in 6 months? The truth is that it is absolutely impossible to know if any of Obama’s plans are good or not…we’re still paying for the worst! People complainin’ after 6 months. No wonder Americans are viewed as arrogant imbeciles around the world…

By: The Saganist

The Saganist — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:54:57 +0000

The Bush era was a complete nightmare, week after week things just got worse. It is going to take a long time to repair our relations with the rest of the world and put our country on a progressive track.

Iam very very happy with the appointment of nobel laureate Steven Chu as Energy Secretary, and I hope Obama continues to engage with intellectuals. We need more academics leading this country, instead of the status quo of lawyers and bible thumpers.

I am some what frustrated with the climate bill and environmental progress of Obama’s administration but his foreign policy is a million times better then dubbya’s. Obama is saddled with many problems at the moment and I am willing to hold judgement on these issues for the time being.

I hope the world sees that we are trying to dig ourselves out of the hole GW left.

By: Jeff / US

Jeff / US — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:08 +0000

What do you mean “what gives”? Websites publish opinion last time I checked.

Sounds as if you don’t have a good grasp of the right-left political spectrum, outside of the United States. Almost the entire world despised Bush!

By: USA

USA — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:07:31 +0000

This site leans to the left and was “advertised” in a blog. What gives????

By: Roy G

Roy G — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:11:21 +0000

Good remarks SMartin – welcome aboard.

Bolton was a “screw this” type appointment, of which the Bush admin had several. I may have some more to say on that later.

(…some of us didn’t like the first 4 Bush years either ;^)

By: SMartin

SMartin — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:19:26 +0000

I think the world is seeing us in a more hopeful light than during the last 4 of the 8 Bush years. Because of the trouncing we gave the UN when John Bolton (decidedly anti UN) was of all things appointed US AMBASSADOR to the UN! Bush did this during Congressional recess no less. Here is what our AMBASSADOR to the UN said about it:

“There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States.”[46] He also stated that “The Secretariat Building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost ten stories today, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”

So in light of what has already been done, I think hopeful skepticism would not be such an inaccurate term to describe how others see us. Yes, there is hope for the future, but where were Americans when an Administration hell bent on power was allowed to do all it did? Think about all it did. We are still living in the consequences, and strangely enough those who supported the Bush/Cheney policies now are blaming Obama for their woes. It was under George W. Bush (a son of a former President-a first), that the first bailout was signed for the banks. The first time a reporter was arrested by the government, the first time the military was privatized vis a vis multibillion dollar no bid contracts, the first time the oil companies recorded profits like no other time in their histories.

I ask you, if you were outside looking in, what would you think of Americans–even now?