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Posted by Andrew Kirschner on Thu Sep 6 22:49:50 2007, in response to Will Anti-US Feelings Decline Once a Democrat is President?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Sep 6 10:47:40 2007. What we need is an ADULT in the Oval Office, not someone who takes the presidency as a cue to live out neocon fantasies. Most presidents in the latter half of the 20th Century--Democrats and Republicans--did at least live up to that minimal requirement. There were screw-ups, but not the egregious trigger worshiping jingoism and utter contempt for diplomacy that we've seen in the last seven years.Unfortunately, so far all the GOP candidates now have shown themselves to be, if anything, worse than Shrub. So right now, the Democrats are pretty much it for decent foreign policy. Ironic indeed considering the party's traditional image. Look. There are many who will hate us no matter what we do. And there are times when we have to use force, and so that it what we do. But we have many natural allies too, and we do ourselves no favors by alienating them unnecesarily. (I might add, the administration also alienated a substantial and growing majority of Americans. Division is his way. It shows how much he really loves his country.) So yeah, if we get a decent president next time, we may yet repair our image abroad. |
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