This question is not for Americans?

Question

because I dont want any "libtard" versus "neocon" remarks! Who thinks that GW Bush , because of his megalomaniac antics, has irrevocably damaged the reputation of a once great power in the eyes of the rest of the world ?

Yahoo is Not for Americans only ( idiot ) I am European NOT American and read the question again- Not for Americans ( typical-- cant keep your noses out !)

I am entitled to ask a question ( to elicit responses). This is not conjecture and by the way you Americans are paranoid. The bulk of the responses are almost rabid.. You need to do alittle more research-- there is life outside the States, Try not to be so insular, although this is understandable given that the vast majority of you have never been ouside America. Dont believe me ? Check out the percentage of passport holders !

For Andree. You just dont get it do you. I said not for Americans because I wantsd no bias, no other reason. I wanted the opinions of non Americans. BTW-- For twenty three years I have gone to the States twice a year. !I have family and loads of friends there

Answer 1

You are asking the question in the wrong place if you don't want those kind of answers.

All they are going to see is answer this and be as insulting to the other as you can.

BTW I am a proud American, but I do think GWB has tarnished our image. I didn't nor would I ever vote for the man but he is our president so I try to give him some amount of respect.

I do I know one thing I wouldn't want his job.

Answer 2

Sorry but this American has to answer. When you ask a question loaded with inuendo, you don't get to pick and choose who answers it. You use the term "megalomaniac antics" like that's some sort of a given fact, which it isn't. that's just conjecture on your part and there's alot of people who don't agree with your characterization, and some of us even find it offensive.

You also state "irrevokably damaged the reputation of a once great power in the eyes of the rest of the world" which is more conjecture on your part, based on your hatred for the President.

You state these things like they are fact, which they are not. They are merely the opinions of a pre-predjudiced mind who's probably still reeling from the Gore defeat in 2000.

You base this conjecture on what? the numerous attacks on American soil since 9/11? Perhaps the failing economy and sinking stock market? Perhaps the fact that the terrorists are on the run and their safe havens are quickly drying up?

Sorry to rain on your parade but you present an awfully biased view of America and it's both unwarranted and untrue.

Answer 3

I'm American and............

I totally disagree with you.

Sorry, I had to put my input, although I am American..and DAMN proud to be an American.

God bless the USA!

Bush maybe has made mistakes, but what President hasn't??

He doesn't have any ANTICS up his sleeve as you say, he was just doing what he thought best for this great nation.

His response was due to other brainwashed powers ANTICS.

And are you American??

I don't give a damn if you think President Bush has ruined this nation's image, WHICH HE HASN'T, but you should at least show some respect for your country's leader. Can you imagine having his job?? I'd like to see how you could manage to run this great power.

If you don't like it, move to the middle-east or something, then see how corrupt our government is.

Psshhh you are probably some pansey European.

And you don't want us to put our NOSES in a question that has to deal with OUR country, not YOURS?? Hell no, we aren't just going to stand by and watch you talk **** about our country. It's really none of YOUR damned business considering you aren't even American, so how about you stick your nose where it belongs?

Answer 4

LOL, so typical of you that you would bring something in front of a bunch of Americans and then blame us for being where we are. How about I go to the British site and make a comment and tell them they can not respond or have any feelings towards what I say?

No Bush has not forever damaged our reputation. That would be like me saying Hitler has forever damaged Germany and all of Europe that let him get as far as he did. Oops, does it hurt when you have to stand up and be accountable for your own country's faults? Let's stick to pointing the finger at Americans, that should make you feel better.

Every single comment you make is more and more wrong. If you have the right to ask a question then we have the right to answer, which you tried to deny by saying this was not for Americans. Next of all, I have been out of the country plenty of times and I even lived in Europe for two years!!

Answer 5

It wasn't GW Bush that damaged the reputation of this country. It started years ago. If you're old enough to remember, when Carter was in office, Iran took over the US Embassy and within minutes of Reagan’s taking over, our people were freed.

This goes to show that a strong president gives us respect and weak ones don't.

Here are the facts of the above example:

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis lasting from November 4, 1979 until January 20, 1981. The situation involved members of the "Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line," student proxies of the new Iranian regime, holding 63 diplomats and 3 additional US citizens hostage inside the American Diplomatic mission in Tehran, Iran.

The captors released several captives, leaving 53 hostages at the conclusion of the crisis. During the crisis the United States attempted a rescue operation, Operation Eagle Claw. The operation failed and resulted in the deaths of eight US soldiers.

Some historians argue that the crisis was one of the primary reasons for U.S. President Jimmy Carter's loss in the US Presidential Election of 1980.

The crisis reached its conclusion with the signing of the Algiers Accords, and on January 20, 1981, twenty minutes after the newly elected President Reagan's inaugural address, the hostages were formally released into U.S. custody after having spent 444 days in captivity.


But based on how you phrased your question, you will not (or cannot) accept any difference of opinion.

Anyway, thanks for the 2 points.

Answer 6

In case you hadn't noticed, skippy, this is an open forum which means that anyone and everyone is free to answer any question posted herein regardless of your personal desires.

Your responses do nothing but give proof of the "better than you" or "superior" attitude that most Europeans seem to have towards Americans, yet you all seem to forget that it was we Americans who helped save your bacon not once but twice in the 20th century.

So are we supposed to thank you for coming over here to visit? Don't hold your breath, skippy. You can keep your Euros and your attitude "over there."

Answer 7

I'm not an American. I'm a Panamian drug-dealer living in Paris.
You're right, of course, the President has ruined the once good name of America and its citizens, and I'm not sure whether the damage can be repaired.
Before Bush, people around the world accepted Americans as being a little arrogant, a little noisy, and maybe they ate one or two hamburgers too many, but on the whole, the rest of the world thought Americans were generally "okay". They were able to tolerate them.
Not anymore.
The world now looks upon the USA as a country of bullies and bastards, and its citizens as a bunch of fools for voting in a warmongering redneck--not once, but twice, and there's a growing feeling abroad that the US should be isolated with sanctions: US goods and services banned, its citizens forbidden from travelling to other countries, and its missiles dismantled from foreign soil and sent home.
This may happen sooner than you think.

Answer 8

The fact that you wrote"Not for Americans" that is insulting and prejudiced. I am Canadian and I am a person who lives ON EARTH.
There's so much misunderstanding going on, come on be openminded!!!!!! I believe it's a shame that GWBush has ruined peoples' opinion of America and americans. Hardly our fault. The man was elected on what he said he was going to do but did not disclose his intentions. No one deserves to be judged without knowing all the facts. Americans are both envied and reviled. Some of it is jealousy and some is ignorance and prejudice. Some americans on vacation tend to be bullies and loud, demanding tourists and are uneducated about the history or people they visit in their country. They shame us, and there is no way to correct their behavior. However, I have seen my share of Asian, European, and South Americans enjoying themselves and having a good time in America, while embarrassing their country and themselves!
Hey? Guess what? We're all human!!!!!
I have been to Europe- 8 countries + Canada of course.

Have you been to America?

Answer 9

If a Brit may offer an opinion, I do. However the situation is not irrecoverable. Yours is a great nation and through the power of democracy and the ballot box the situation will improve if the people wish it. History teaches us that all despots eventually fall from power.

Answer 10

Posting a question not for Americans on a site wholly owned by Americans. Sorry Sparky. Go post on an Al Jeezera answer board and you might get the answers you want.