Analysis: Pact Won't Improve U.S. Image

[Omaha Steve]

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Analysis: Pact Won't Improve U.S. Image
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Aug 12, 6:03 PM (ET)

By ANNE GEARAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S.-backed diplomatic pact to end more than a month of war between Israel and Islamic militants in Lebanon may stop the worst of the killing and retire the daily television images of burning buildings and suffocated children.

It will not do much to improve the image of America in the Arab world.


President Bush gestures during remarks on the recent terror arrests in Britain on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006 in Green Bay, Wis. President Bush said Thursday that a foiled plot to blow up multiple flights between Britain and the United States shows "this nation is at war with Islamic fascists." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)



This war is widely viewed as a joint U.S.-Israeli venture that slaughtered innocents and wrecked homes, roads and businesses in a fragile democracy the Bush administration has said it supports.

President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a U.N. cease-fire deal into action, even as Israel staged wide-ranging airstrikes across Lebanon and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland.

[gula]

1. "It will not do much to improve the image of America in the Arab world."

or elsewhere.

[ShockediSay]

2. "U.S.-Israeli venture that slaughtered innocents and wrecked homes"

... and so how is this different from Palestine?

[BenDavid]

3. Hell, if one looks back

at the tough talk of the bush folks when this started and look at what was proposed and accepted, it is a far cry from what bush and condi were saying....Bush has brought about all this hatred for the United States, and one other thing, what is all this glory that the media places on condi rice. Just what the hell has this person done? pERSONALLY NOT A DAMN THING, AND IT WAS HER ASS THAT "CUT AND RAN" TWO SUNDAYS AGO FROM THE MID EAST.....

[Barkley]

4. 12 yrs of sanction, then 'shock 'n awe, Abu Graib, then Falloja and

now we're suddenly worried about our 'imagine' in the Arab World?!?!?!

[Toots]

5. I thought Bush* hired one of his sweeties to "fix" our image

Isn't she making over a hundred grand a year to bolster the image of the USA. I can see her face plain as day but just can't remember her name. Hughes I think. :shrug: A real skank when it comes to fear and smear I might add.