Mideast Allies near a state of panic
U.S. leaders' visits to the region reap only warnings and worry.
By Paul Richter
December 3, 2006
WASHINGTON — President Bush and his top advisors fanned out across the troubled Middle East over the last week to showcase their diplomatic initiatives to restore strained relationships with traditional allies and forge new ones with leaders in Iraq.
But instead of flaunting stronger ties and steadfast American influence, the president's journey found friends both old and new near a state of panic. Mideast leaders expressed soaring concern over upheavals across the region that the United States helped ignite through its invasion of Iraq and push for democracy — and fear that the Bush administration may make things worse.
The only regional leader to voice unqualified support for the Bush administration has been Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has gone so far as to say that the Iraq invasion contributed to regional stability.
2006-12-03 23:51:13 · 8 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Sorry. Meant to add that this is part of an article from the LATimes (Dec. 3, 06)
2006-12-03 23:53:08 · update #1
If the truth be known, the USA never had any support for its foreign imperial adventures, it used its political pressure to coerce weak politicians around the world (including the UN) to reluctantly sign up to its policy or they would lose grants and aid.
As the truth comes out as it always does the USA will be pilloried by the world.
The end of the evil empire is at hand.
2006-12-04 00:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by ian d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The United States has been losing support for years, and not just under the Bush Administration, The muslim, and Arab world has always hated western powers.
2006-12-04 07:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This administration is no longer credible. The allies in the middle-east, dictatorships except Israel, fear that they will be other thrown. And no one wants that, because if allowed to vote democratically you'd get a lot of fundamentalist governments.
2006-12-04 08:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by alex_10873073 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure we have lost some support. Hell, what do you expect when a countries own citizens turn their back on the government. It isn't exactly a confidence builder.
The insurgents and countries like Iran and Syria are loving this.
2006-12-04 08:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US has lost support everywhere.
Even the Israelis must regret having such incompetent allies.
2006-12-04 08:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by James T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, and there was SOOOO much support for the US in the ME before the Iraq war. Yeah, right.
Something about being called "the great satan," as I recall.
2006-12-04 08:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
America is losing allies because of its intervention in the affairs of other countries just like Iraq.
2006-12-04 07:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course israeli pm will be the only one happy with whats happening in ME ,cause israel is the only one who benefited from the us invasion to Iraq,actually usa invaded Iraq for the sake of israel only .
america & americans r the most hated country & ppl in the world today,america is in deep sh""t in Iraq,innocent ppl r dying everyday,Iraq is on the edge of civil war,
and all that is just for the sake of israel !!!???
When did israel ever benefited usa,to do all that and loose all the world for israel to be happy???
2006-12-04 09:57:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋