The world will love us again: another dud

[swampy]

Obama regrets that he wasn't born in France.

[JoeH]

Dakota wrote:
[quote=JoeH]
[quote=vision63]
If anyone believes that the rest of the "thinking" world is going to assist with the cluster-frak that is Afghanistan, then you're smoking many pipe-loads of super-heated crack cocaine.

Just because "we" thought it was justified that we invade Afghanistan, doesn't mean anyone else did. Just because our country decides something is a priority doesn't necessarily make it a priority for "them."

If another country doesn't concede to the superiority of the American world view in precisely the way we think they should then that makes it all a failure?

Except we did have some support for going into Afghanistan. Some was from countries that would have liked there to have been a longer diplomatic action beforehand, but agreed the Taliban should have handed over al-Queda or face the consequences. But even that support was not there on the invasion of Iraq.
OK, Afghanistan was the "right war". Bush is gone. Obama is in. Good will is flowing all over. Where are the new troops then? Obama built his whole campaign on elect-me-and-we-will-be-loved again. So no help then, no help now. What is the difference then? What is the excuse NOW?
No excuse, just a reason. The US under Bush used up all good will from the rest of the world, and then some. It will take time to undo that, it will not happen in days or weeks. No one said it would be immediate except nitwits like you.

[Mac1337]

JoeH wrote:

No excuse, just a reason. The US under Bush used up all good will from the rest of the world, and then some. It will take time to undo that, it will not happen in days or weeks. No one said it would be immediate except nitwits like you.

Takes time? Time makes no difference. What are they waiting for? The man is gone. Do they have problems with America too? Does the country now have to change for them to help us. Come on. They are not going to shed their blood no matter who is in the White House. Bush was an excuse that was conveniently used in the election.

[Dennis S]

Dakota wrote:
[quote=JoeH]

No excuse, just a reason. The US under Bush used up all good will from the rest of the world, and then some. It will take time to undo that, it will not happen in days or weeks. No one said it would be immediate except nitwits like you.

Takes time? Time makes no difference. What are they waiting for? The man is gone. Do they have problems with America too? Does the country now have to change for them to help us. Come on. They are not going to shed their blood no matter who is in the White House. Bush was an excuse that was conveniently used in the election.
If you're right, Bush damaged the country more than I thought. If that's so, I dislike him even more.

[OWC Jamie]

love all these conveniently short memories

: shakes head :