Does the international community blame the people of America for the war in Iraq?

Question

I am just curious if people blame the general public for our Governments blunders? I am personally against the war and I am just curious about everyones answer.

I realize that he managed to get reelected, but the alternate was less than acceptable too. How do you choose the worst of two evils. Also, it really doesn't matter who the american people vote for, it is decided by the electoral college. They just consider how to vote based on the publics opinion. Thanks for the responses!

Answer 1

No. My view is that the people of America are not being informed truthfully. Heck, even the President isn't getting the full picture.

I don't know who's agenda is running America, but for some strange reason it has a very painful and embarassing routemap in it.

Liberties that were bled for 230 years ago are being eroded with disgusting speed in the name of those very same liberties.

Everyday normal Americans who get up and go to work and vote lose their right to express their political opinion at the voting booths through the convoluted electoral college system. A mistake in the teeniest state can throw the whole nation a into turmoil only seen in third world nations.

We don't hate Americans. We don't hate America. We have a huge debt of gratitud to America and Americans for saving our tails when evil walked the pavingstones of Europe in its most visible and tangible form.

We're just mystified that 60 years later the governmental system allows itself to be played into the hands of the very people it claims to be protecting us from, using methods that reek of dictatorial policies. It is really scary to see Brave America lash out at the world like this.

Radicalisms have no place in the 21st century. Diplomacy and tactical strikes should have been used and not this.

Answer 2

Interesting question.

Personally, I don't blame my American friends and fully understand that there are a lot of Americans against the war too.

But I do think on a more general level, people blame Americans just as well as the US government... after all George W. was re-elected by the American public after he started the war in Iraq...

Answer 3

They blame it for the mess they made in Iraq. Hussein was an evil bastard, but there was no need to go into a full scale assault of the country. He could have been assassinated. So Bush lied to you and the rest of us. Remember WMD?
I think the u.s. on the whole is a dumb arrogant country. I know there is NASA and all the other amazing things, but there is also the average trailer- trash semi-retard who couldn't find Canada on a map, let alone Iraq. The u.s. at it's best can be excellent, but at it's worst, it's downright appalling, and the future for you guys is very bleak. What goes round comes around, and it's just a matter of time.

Answer 4

I blame Bush and Blair for being so dead set on invading Iraq, to the point where they scared us into thinking madman Hussain had weapons of mass destruction that could be used against us in 45 minutes!

We were all mislead. The US public and the UK public. The rest of the world did not believe the hype which is why the UN voted against the invasion.

Answer 5

I think it is the Government rather than the people of America as a whole that is to be blamed for the war in Iraq.We in Britain to do not fare any better.I remember the hysteria that was created at the UN meetings when we all thought that Iraq had all but invaded the USA with their NOT YET FOUND weapons of Mass destruction.Remember mr. Colin Powell ( at the UN Security meeting)flashing that vial of white powder and saying that this little vial can destroy thousands of lives and that the Iraqis were about to use this. Bet it wasn't chemical weapons of mass destruction but probably had coke in it.!!!!!

Answer 6

The international community blames the U. S., both its government and its people for everything and gives us credit for nothing. Ask yourself this: Who's the first on the scene with the most money and resources when there's a natural disaster somewhere / anywhere in the world? America, that's who! You all had better learn to appreciate your homeland before it's too late. Coz mark my words, rough times lie ahead and you can bet nobody will be helping us.

Answer 7

Yes We do.A lot of americans supported the war and believed their Govt was doing the right thing. Patriotism is a unifying force that brings out the best in people. In most of the world it is rarely displayed. In the US it is a national virtue displayed everyday when something like 9/11 happens that should have shown the world the best of America all that people saw was a bully

Answer 8

Since 2000, George W. Bush, in collusion with the most evil, corrupt, incompetent U.S. Congress in American history, has:

1. Illegally and unconstitutionally invaded another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked, or attacked the U.S.A.;
2. Tarnished our reputation in the international community as a world leader and global peacekeeper;
3. Terrified smaller nations into considering their own nuclear weapons programs as a defense against the world' newest 'evil empire' that has proven it can't be trusted or believed - the United States of America;
4. Massacred tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens, including women and children, for no justifiable reason;
5. Tortured 'detainees' without regard to the rules of the Geneva Convention, and turned the other way when those prisoners were physically, psychologically, verbally, emotionally and sexually abused;
6. Neglected the needs of America's poor, sick, disadvantaged, hungry, underprivileged, homeless and disabled while playing "Robin Hood in Reverse", stealing from the poor and giving to the rich elitists, lobbyists, special interest groups and multi-million-dollar corporations who - in turn - make generous (if not illegal) campaign contributions to keep the GOP in power;
7. Initiated failed economic policies that will put this country into a severe depression right after Bush leaves office, and has already put American taxpayers trillions of dollars in debt;
8. Stolen an election (or two) with the help of the Bush family's dynasty, plenty of money, and lots of influence;
9. Lied to the American public and leaked information to the press whenever it conveniently fit the Bush agenda;
10. Killed more than 2,500 U.S. soldiers (so far).

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The next Bush push will be Iran, for the same reason we're in Iraq: OIL. Prediction: THERE WILL BE NO TROOP WITHDRAWALS FROM IRAQ until Dick Cheney has an iron-clad, rock-solid arrangement in place (in cooperation with the 'puppet' Iraqi government he helped install) to take all of Iraq's OIL, making him and his Halliburton buddies richer and richer and richer. When troops start coming home, we will KNOW that Cheney has struck that kind of deal.

History will record that the Bush administration and this hubris-drenched U.S. Congress destroyed America's credibility and allowed China to become the next giant superpower. -RKO-

Answer 9

I don't know about the international community but I think we were all sold a wrong-an with this weapons of mass destruction propaganda (ye, not just George Bush but Tony Blair as well). The people of the US and the UK, both want the same thing, peace but not surrender.
Communication not confrontation, that is the way forward.

Answer 10

We (British) blame the Government of the USA (and our own idiotic government). This is not the same as blaming ordinary people who have little say over what their 'elected' representatives do in their name. There's a big difference.