Asia TimesThe negative force of anti-Bushism

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From Asia Times

Jan 26, 2005

The negative force of anti-Bushism
By Ehsan Ahrari

The re-election of George W Bush has created intense reaction against him, particularly in Europe and the Muslim world. In general, the broad outcome is increasing anti-Americanism, which in reality is anti-Bushism. Looking for reasons is almost a never-ending exercise, for the sitting president continues to act impulsively while creating an impression that there is some sort of thoughtfulness behind those impulses. If you are one of the Bushies or neo-conservatives, you might agree with those impulses. However, if you are not, you could wonder why he is so determined to amass such strong feelings against a truly great country.

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In the Middle East in particular and the Muslim world in general, America's militaristic impulses are fanning the flames of terrorism. Afghanistan is a simmering cauldron of instability, despite the successful conduct of a national election in November. Iraq has become a place where the whirlwind of terrorism has become a norm since the toppling of Saddam's regime. Al-Qaeda could not have acquired better reasons than Bush's "war on terrorism" for gaining popularity in the Muslim world. It has never stopped concentrating on three aspects of its strategy: attacking US assets and personnel, waging battles against the US-installed regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and attempting to topple pro-American regimes such as those of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

If any military action is taken against Iran, the global jihadists of al-Qaeda could not be happier about turning a number of Muslim countries into their battlefields of mayhem and destabilization. All peace-loving Muslims wonder when or how their inability to take charge of their future will end. They view America's policies as a direct reason for the deterioration of their way of life. Inside the United States, "Muslim rage" is routinely dismissed as something without base and even apocryphal. "Blaming America", we are told, will not get any sympathy from any quarters inside the United States.



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1. Nothing negative about it. We are the positive force that opposes Bush.