Liberals often blamed Bush for a poor international image of our country, and some were even gleeful that Bush's effigy was often paraded and burnt. Before Bush, it was Clinton, and almost every modern president who came before. Obama hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and he is being blamed for the latest Palestinian - Israeli conflict. If America has a poor image overseas, it isn't because of Bush. Effigies are a poor indicator of Americas true image. Anti-democratic forces simply use the current president as the 'face' of America. It doesn't matter who is president. (Note the cigarette hanging out of Obama's mouth.)
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It is true that that anti-democratic forces and most especially Islamists use any US president as fodder. But beyond that, I must disagree. Bush did indeed damage our image abroad. Our image was seriously tarnished in Canada (I know, I was in attendance at a Canadiens-NY Rangers game during which the the US national anthem was lustily, even passionately booed, Canada is not anti-democratic) as well as across Europe which is not anti-democratic very precisely because of Bush.
I have heard that Obama has taken up smoking again, have you heard confirmation of that?
Perhaps you are right to some degree, but I wonder how many of those boos were from American fans in attendance. No matter how much we may disagree with China's human rights policy and other aspects of their government, I have never heard of anyone booing Chinese teams or cultural events. This includes not only China, but also North Korea (a most despicable government), the old Soviet Union, etc. So why are such countries or their leaders not booed at such events? Was Bush worse than such governments? I think not.
Doug is correct. In Europe, we still have to find one person that will say that Bush is a good President. He is very unpopular overseas largely because of the Media and also because of the war. All they know is what they are told by the very bias Media.
I can tell you that they were not American fans that were booing. It occurred during our national anthem in a very disrespectful way, Americans boo but rarely during the national anthem (if ever) and especially not on foreign soil.
True enough, we don't boo China, N. Korea, but I would not in the least be surprised to hear Americans boo La Marseillaise! If freedom fries, freedom toast, and freedom kissing is any indication of our respect for an ally country, we don't have the corner on how to be respectful!
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