Can the Damage that George Bush did to America's Reputation ever be Restored ?

Question

Or has President George Bush "Disgraced" America Beyond Repair ?

Answer 1

I may have been a little too hasty in stating, in a previous answer to a question you posted, that Bush’s actions have moved the nation beyond a state where it can redeem its reputation in the eyes of the world. I was speaking with a bit of malice in my heart, which is customary whenever I speak of George W. Bush, and his sheepish followers.

America is a resilient nation and has resurrected from the ashes of global discontent before. After all, our bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, didn’t forever tarnish are image, though for some in the global community it is still not forgotten. Our misguided and tragic efforts in Vietnam hurt this countries image in the rest of the world for quite sometime, but we soon were still seen in the eyes of the world as a first rate nation.

I think we can surmount this current negative exposure as well. It won’t be easy and it will take sometime, but I think with good diplomacy, a great expression of empathy for global concerns, and sincerely contrite behavior, the likes practiced by Bill Clinton, we can overcome this current blight on how we are perceived globally.

Answer 2

This answer is not for one side or the other. What I think is irrelevant, I am not saying I like Bush, hate Clinton, blame anyone, this is merely to make you think and realize how ridiculous it is to blame one person for anything… I am just so tired of people saying things with no information or logic behind it. I would like you to look up the powers of the president, you’ll be surprised how little they actually can do without help from congress...

I will preface the rest of my response by saying that Bush is actually a pretty intelligent man...Unfortunately, he is a horrible public speaker. That being said, if someone is a good public speaker, that will matter more than their ability as a leader to the average person. Clinton was able to speak and act like he related to “the people” and made it sound good and I respect that ability, but some could argue he was one of the worst presidents of all time... Let's not forget that a few years prior to 9/11, he KNEW where Bin Laden was and would not give the order to shoot and kill... It isn't one person's fault, but lets face it, had 9/11 not happened we the question wouldn‘t be asked. And who was the person directly responsible for leaving the man that was the mastermind of the terrorist attack alive? Something to think about.

Answer 3

in fact he took us to war with a rustic (Iraq) instead of looking the employer (Al Qaeda) that attacked us... and that they weren't even in that u . s . a .! Then they got here up with the full WMD bullshit... became available replaced into no longer something there... aaaaand, we stayed there something of his term spending 1000 billion money and 1000's of troop lives for no reason in any know... and Obama isn't doing **** to get us out the two even nevertheless he stated he might. greater approaches than that too, there is likewise Katrina and the tax cuts to the wealthy... i'm sorry however the full retarded "trickle down" result republicans communicate approximately does not ******* artwork. you have been deceived, or you're wealthy and you recognize you're ******* poor human beings over, and are nice with that.

Answer 4

It's not any president that disgraces America. It's our people. You don't see Elton John going to Africa to adopt babies. Were there any German actors sitting with Sean Penn in Saddam's living room acting as a human shield? How people from Denmark have filed lawsuits because their coffee was hot? How many French citizens are putting severed fingers in their Wendy's chili? Is it GW's or Bill Clinton's fault that we've become like this?

Answer 5

Beyond repair, I am sad to say.

Never in the History of these United States of American, has an Administration failed so badly in domestic and Foreign Affairs.....any day now, I expect the President to resign from office. The Man has lost the ability to Lead this country.

Answer 6

well having faith in anything is risky these days and I think that many people know now that didn't know it before and never imagine it that you cannot completely trust your own government , Kent State was MY wake up call, The USA has been in disgrace for a lot longer time than just since George W Bush has been president

Answer 7

Diplomacy is tricky. It depends who is in power. We are dealing with the new guard/genration leaders and the old ways are dissipating. It is all about hat in it for me. We are being challenged from the East by China for Super Power Status. We are being challenged from the East by Iran and Europe wants a piece of the action. We may be a pawn i this entire puzzle and we will have to perhaps learned to share the title one of the super powers. Thus meaning that Super Power really means economic prowess and political savyness. Right now we have one by a thread.

Answer 8

We can repair out image if when he is gone we step up and admit the mistakes and try to make ammends with our allies. Perhaps a different President will see the importance of diplomacy.

Answer 9

Oh to be young and full of the kool-aide served by the opposition party.

So, let's recap, shall we?

Clinton made the USA a laughing stock w/ his personal, uh, issues. He was known as a liar, and got precious little done internationally. His middle-east record was abysmal. Granted, people liked the guy, but among hard-core internationalists he was seen as a flyweight.

Bush 41 -- respected before he became VP under Reagan. Head of the CIA, then VP, then lead the greatest army in the world in kicking Saddam. Of course, the Dems voted him out. If world respect was a reason to stay in power, this was your guy, and I'm guessing the asker would've voted for WJC.

Reagan -- widely decried as stupid, evil, war-mongering (does this sound familiar?) He was denounced as a Nazi, and his ideas were ridicules by the popular press around the world. At his funeral, even his American political foes credited him with ending the Cold War and bringing about the end of the Soviet Union.

Carter -- He got things done. He had a Israeli peace agreement that ended the Egyptian - Israeli war. Unfortunately, he also badly botched Iranian relations, and we live with that to this day. He also reduced the size of the American military until it was literally a haven of hash smokers living on food stamps. He got the Nobel Peace Prize, but we voted him out when he proved to be a horrible domestic policy President.

Ford -- too short to tell.

Nixon -- again, a foreign policy master. Trips to the USSR and China opened up the trade relationships that we have to this day. He kept the Communists guessing and half scared. Decried in his day for the handling of VietNam, his reputation today is more solid (at least in this respect) than any other President not named Roosevelt. The Dems decried him as a stupid, evil, war-mongering guy (see a pattern?).

Shall I go on?

If you read history (you don't), and if you see beyond the garbage you're being fed (you don't) then you might have a fighting chance of seeing this President in a much more accurate light.

Answer 10

The USA relies on oil to supply about 40% of its energy requirements, more than any other source. Of this, 55% is imported oil. This percentage is expected to rise to 65% in 2020 and to keep increasing. Much of the USA's oil comes from the Gulf region. Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East. It has been estimated that the Iraqi oil reserves amount to $ 1,100,000 million's worth and can last for 130 years.This region also supplies oil to most of the world.

The USA government is full of people with oil interests.
George W Bush (President): Received $2,800,000 from energy companies and another $2,300,000 from the car sector. Enron donated more than $1,000,000. Bush is a shareholder in General Electric, BP, Duke Energy, ExxonMobil, Newmont Gold Mining Corporation, Pennzoil and Tom Brown, Inc.

Dick Cheney (Vice President): Used to head Halliburton (the world's biggest oil-services company worth $18,200 million). Since 1992, Halliburton has contributed $1,600 million to politicians. Was a co-sponsor to a measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and voted against the Clean Water Act which required industries to release their toxic emission records. Since 1998, Halliburton has completed $24 million's worth of repairs to Iraqi oil pipelines. Dick Cheney has stated that "energy security should be the priority of USA foreign policy".

Spencer Abraham (Secretary of Energy): Received donations from General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler.

Gale Norton (Secretary of Interior): Has received donations British Petroleum and Ford.

Condaleeza Rice (National Security Adviser): Spent 10 years on the board of oil giant Chevron Corporation. Chevron is involved in Nigeria where there is increasing USA military involvement, including training of Nigerian military to police the oil fields and secure pipelines.

Don Evans (Secretary of Commerce): Was Chief Executive and Chairman of Tom Brown Inc. (an oil company). He was also a board member of Sharp Drilling, an oil industry contractor.

Between 2000 and 2002, the oil and gas industry has given $ 50 million to USA political candidates.

On 12 September 2001, a day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the USA Previous Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, advised the USA president, George W Bush to invade Iraq immediately even though there was no evidence that Iraq was involved.
It aptly demonstrates that there is no "war on terrorism," but rather a wholesale attempt to colonize oil-producing states. This is, of course, precisely the kind of resentment-causing policy that will lead to future acts of terrorism against innocent Americans. If you care about America, you need to know about the crimes that your President and his CLIQUE are committing in your name. Christofascist idiocy,