Obama Will Will Help American Image
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| Tue, 10-28-2008 - 3:39pm |
(error in title - Should say Obama "Win" Will Help . . .sorry, couldn't fix)
"If Obama does win, this could also be the moment when the world stops hating America," Vir Sanghvi, an Indian columnist, wrote in the Hindustan Times. "The world will feel engaged by an Obama presidency. By electing Obama they have the chance to earn ... goodwill, to transform their country's image, and to finally stem the rising tide of global anti-Americanism."
Since President Bush took office in 2000, approval of the United States has dropped, along with its soft power -- indirect influence by which the United States can advance its policy goals without the use of force or coercion.
Through wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, plus the ineffable war on terror, America's battle tactics have cut into its moral standing abroad. "
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6118357&page=1
Edited 10/28/2008 3:48 pm ET by portabella2

Wonderful view you have of the rest of the world.
Why the heck do we care what our image is to a bunch of failed Socialist, Communist, and radical Islamic's?
They are all trying to get where we have been, so why do we want to be like them?
Exactly!
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So the Europeans, who formed their union to compete with the United States, would like us much better if we elected Obama.
If Coke shareholders had to vote, do you think they would elect a CEO because he would make Pepsi like them better?
Obama would be a big mistake.