Iraq War Erodes World's Post-9/11 Sympathy for US

[Nottingham]

Iraq War Erodes World's Post-9/11 Sympathy for US
Tue September 2, 2003 11:00 AM ET




By Alistair Lyon, Middle East Diplomatic Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - Victim turned bully?

Changed views of the United States two years after the September 11 horrors may haunt Washington's quest for help in grappling with the bloody aftermath of the Iraq invasion.
The suicide hijack attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 produced a remarkable outpouring of sympathy for America.

Nations briefly set aside their quarrels with U.S. foreign policy and President Bush's go-it-alone approach, but sympathy soured as Bush declared a vague "war on terror" that he took to Afghanistan and then, far more controversially, to Iraq.
Emad Shahin, a political science professor in Cairo, said Egyptians questioned whether the human suffering of September 11 justified the deaths of thousands of Afghans and Iraqis.

"After the war in Iraq, the United States looks to many like an occupying power in the region, which revives memories of European occupation in the early 20th century and further erodes any sympathy among people in the region," he said.
Disquiet among U.S. allies in Europe centers on Washington's preference for pre-emptive action, its claim to military and economic primacy and its scorn for multilateral initiatives in areas including global warming and international justice.

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Bush's premptive strikes is looking like Mr.Bully!

:bounce:

[MIScott87]

1. LATEST BREAKING news?

I thought this was old news. ANCIENT news!

[Turbulence]

2. Bush's Pre-emptive?

gee I wonder where he got that idea? who needs sympathy? These guys don't need sympathy. they just need one good reason to go after Iran and Syria now. It would suicide but but but it was part of the overall scheme afterall. It comes from being the dictator on the block. Who are our allies now? Anybody?

[bvar22]

3. bush* didn't need a GOOD REASON to kill Iraqis.

He just lied.

[Kbowe]

4. The adults "squandered" international goodwill....no doubt about it!!

What will we tell our children?

[Skittles]

5. BUSH BLOWS SOMETHING THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM

*I'M SHOCKED I TELL YOU*

[Swede]

6. The French,Germans,Canadians,Mexicans

Are all deeply annoyed and suspicious of Bush. And these are his allies!

[Paschall]

7. Ya can't erode what ya ain't got!

Post 9/11 sympathy? With the debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq raging? With ShrubCo bullying its way around the globe, trampling on the UN, and shredding international treaties? Ain't no 9/11 sympathy left. Just disgust and dismay. We'd all be laughing if we didn't understand what ShrubCo doesn't--it's one world.

[cliss]

8. Man, what a soap opera

this poor world has been exposed to. Lots of sympathy which turned to anger, frustration, fear, and now.............


a little smile, as the corners of the mouth turn up

PS I'm not really enjoying this, only a little...

Hello, Swede. Från Sverige?

[T_i_B]

9. Bush's answer?

SESAME STREET! Now how about Bush actually putting Sesame Street values into pratice?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_news/magazine/3200699.stm

[Paschall]

10. Charlotte Beers is a daughter of Lucifer (eom)