As a US relation of my Anglo relatives, I care deeply about how the two countries see each other. And there are plenty of discussions going on at the moment on more political blogs than my little site about the rift in the "special relationship" that
the US and Britain have: but they all focus on Iraq.
Now don't get me wrong: Iraq is important -- it is special in at least one way: it is the clearest example of the US administration either lying or being completely incompetent (specifically on their reasons for going to war with Iraq) that can be understood by any population not in thrall to Bush and his minions (for which you should read: anyone who is not a US republican, plus a few who are).
However, in the rest of the world, there are lots of other important, perhaps even more important reasons to detest, nay, detest the administration. Global warming is probably the easiest, and most important one to point out, particularly in a week of European instability in the weather! And then there are all the other treaties the US signed and unsigned, or worse, forced a tipping point for.
There are lots of other reasons for (the rest of the world) to detest US. Let's all work to give them fewer, please? Because you know, just because we have a village idiot, it isn't necessarily the case that we should give him the keys to the village and make him mayor!
Yours, ranting,
N.
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3 comments:
Do you ever find yourself sitting in the middle?
There are many reasons why people are far from happy with the US government. What many don't realise is that governments don't always follow what the people want.
I like the comments on the "Village Idiot", btw.
RT
Not so much in the middle, as seething on the edge (in more ways than one!)
Bush is quite unpopular here, although it never ceases to amaze me that thirty percent of the population continue to view him favourably. Just incredible to me!
N.
Amen!
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