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He has alienated almost the whole world, what a bum

George Says: *uck allies we don't need um Allies Say: *uck you, ignorant red-neck As an American citizen im proud of the international relations our leader is setting up... Somewhere in the shadows Russians are laughing at us, and rightfully so, thats pretty sad... I can't take it anymore, im giving up Football and moving to Canada!

Ahh the smell of crying liberals!! How sick it is when you hear Americans talking about defeating their own leader. If these liberals keep it up when they are through we will be like those third world countries. Sometimes doing the right thing is unpopular. But the people rating here wouldn't know anything about that because they are a bunch of followers.

Just an FYI to Daccory (which is still relevant to the topic): The Tories supported the war from the very beginning, for them to criticize it now is a little rich and the British public can see that. Labour have largest parliamentary majority in their history and in the coming election the Tory vote will be split with UKIP (One the the delegates at the Tory conference estimated the potential LOSS of 30 to 50 seats). Michael Howard has an even lower approval rating then the dismal Ian Duncan Smith! There is NO chance anyone but Labour will win the next election and Tony Blair is retiring after the term following has finished so there's no way he'll get voted out. Hence I foresee Anglo-American relations remaining cozy for the foreseeable future. UPDATE: Sorry mate, I doubt the Lib Dems have a chance. They have been consistent on the war (at least that's one thing they've been consistent on!) but they're not running on much more on then their anti-war position. The Labour party on the other hand has given Britain seven years of low unemployment, a strong economy and a dramatic decrease in poverty along with other achievements. Admittedly very few have a love for Blair but Labour is now seen as the safest bet for government, the people can see real evidence of this and that will be the main reason Labour shall be victorious.

Old message: A message to beloved...the Brits didn't want to go to war with you in Iraq..Blair did that! And he's for the chop. Real friends tell you the truth...they don't follow your every whim and this is what happened over the war in iraq crisis. As an aside on Norway: people and places secure in themselves don't need to keep boasting about how wonderful they are. Norway has one of the highest standards of living in the world...in fact, three years ago it ranked first. Pretty good standard for other people to secretly aspire to. Incidentally,and what may seemsurprising..the US does have the toughest immigration policy generally, but it's the illegals presenting the probs. And Europe has exactly the same thing...My brother works in immigration and there are queues of people round his building every day before he even sits down at his desk. This seems to be a worldwide problem and it's stretching resources wherever it's happening. And furthermore, I have never, not once, heard of anyone outside the states saying they want to live the American Dream. This is US fantasy. UPDATE: For years Conservatives in Britain (think Thatcher) and Republicans (Reagan) found a home in each other's policies. Not any more. Bush recently telephoned Michael Howard and told him to 'lay off Blair' in his Parliamentary debates over Iraq. So badly was this done that Bush refused to see Howard (the new conservative leader) when the latter was visiting Washington, which is the norm. Not that was of any concern to Howard, but bang! there goes the split between their age-old alliance. So now when Blair gets voted out (as he will) and if Bush were to be re-elected, there'd be no party in Britain that wants any allegiance with Washington. Good ol' George. Maybe Kerry WILL be so much better. Hi Jon: I hope Blair doesn't get in, I don't know anyone that wants to vote for him, though I concede the Tories are doing very poorly as they are seen to be in disarray about their policies. How 'bout the Lib Dems? If Labour get in it will be because votes have been distibuted elsewhere, not because they are the chosen party.

if you have an anti-christ as president, people will be bound to hate you. thanks george

No need for me to repeat everything others have already said. Might does not make right. If other countries, including our allies, really didn't think it was the right thing to do, they had the right not to go along. They are sovereign nations, after all.

That's leader of the free world, George. WORLD. That includes the rest of Europe and a good piece of the UN.

France has undermined us for quite sometime, remember when they were testing Nukes in the South Pacific. The laws they are legislating is totally anti-semetic and anti-Islam. The french are not our friends. I am shocked that the Germans are not involved as well as Russia not being involved any kind of way, but they have been helpful to us in other areas. My beef here is the notion that we have allies. The citizens who live in the nations that are our allies are against the war, disapproval ratings are enormous, and it's even bigger when it comes to President Bush. People think the 3/11 terrorists attacks were the main reason the elections in Spain turned out the way they did, not so. That Government was on its way out to begin with, the attacks just sealed their fate. Tony Blair wnet from beloved to one of the most dispised men in England, all because the Brits disapprove of the war and dispise President Bush. The American people may not care, but our image in the world is taking a hit. The pundits will tell you otherwise, but the truth is, if we don't do any damage control, 9/11 will be the least of our problems.

I like your attitude, Capanson. The United States does not need friends. Yeah, France is pretty useless-I mean they assisted us in the Revolutionary War and helped us win our independence from England but that was a long time ago, and we don't need France anymore. And you're right, Germany's always a fun country to fight. Sound political analysis! It'll be US against the world!

Yeah but look who: France.. who cares? Germany.. we'll just have to fight them again sooner or later.. Russia? one word.. Chechnya..

The claim that the Bush Administration as alienated allies is yet another issue that will have little resonance to swing voters. Those who were against the conflict in Iraq will simply claim that this is one of the reasons, and those who support the conflict will simply claim that doing what's right trumps having others dictate U.S. policy. In the end, people do not, and often should not care what foreigners think, and only cite international opinion when it coincides with their own.

Although Bush has alienated much of the citizenry of the world, leaders of countries don't listen to their majority any more than Bush does (who thinks he received a mandate 3 years ago). Unfortunately, I just don't think the alienation thing will play well during the election. What I think is a bigger issue is that through his horrid decision to send us to war, and his feeble management of the war thereafter, he has done more to increase the membership in terrorist groups than any single man could ever do. George Bush is pitiful.

...With a war that Mr. Kerry voted for.

Thanks Daccory, as with Australia. 70% of Australians were against the war. Yet our PM still teamed with Bush. I wonder what deal Bush offered him because he knows, and Blair knows they have no chance in their next respective elections. Once again, two allies have been lost. England (who had a majority against the war) and Australia (same thing). So Americans, you can't call us allies. Most of us hate your leaders now. So don't vote for them or this global disturbance will continue to rise and your credibility will continue to fall. I think the US has a chance of getting its reputation back, but the only man to do that is John Kerry.

our so called allies didn't really have a lot of respect for us before the invasion of iraq. they benefit greatly from our policing of the world so they are able to point a moral finger but not do anything to resolve the situation. they benefit from huge trade deficits we have with their nations. they also benefit from coming under our protection over the last 50 years; while the american taxpayers were financing the cold war with the communists, it seems the europeans have been the greatest benificiaries of the fall of communism.

What Allies, As we all very well know for a long time britain has been our only true friend. It is not our job to partake of policies and restrictions that will ultimatly hurt us just so we wont ruffle the feathers of a bunch of back stabbers. Oh forbid that we not stroke the ego of france... pissshh this is a non-issue..

We need our allies for many reasons, but unfortunately, old Georgie boy has not only ruined that prospect for the country, but has ruined it for Americans as individuals. Don't believe me? Go visit them and experience your icy reception first-hand.

I think most Americans don't give a damn about what the rest of the world think. It's a shame - for example, we could be sharing the load in Iraq right now if we had a more diplomatically-skilled President - but I don't think it will be a major political issue in the campaign.