How do you feel about the United States involvement with foriegn policies?
145618
I don't have much hope for the results of US foreign policy as long as this administration is in office.  Whenever I travel abroad, I tell people I am Canadian.
981862
Hi, I have absolutely nothing against the Americans. I have been over there on holiday a few times and have worked a while in Kansas City, Missouri. Of course as a Brit (living in Switzerland presently),  I did notice that life in America is much more anonym, probably because of the vast size of your country and the sheer magnitude of your population.\nThe only reservation I have with Americans are their eating habits (fast food etc), and their lack of geographical knowledge..outside of the USA. (Who is perfect anyway?)\nI do not detest Bush as a person, I do not really know him,  but I have not agreed with all of his policies and decisions. Then again, the whole world is corrupt anyway. I think we have to be patient for the truth to be illuminated. Maybe one day we will find out the full truth with regard to Irak and other armed conflicts, in which the US Forces are and have been involved.\n\nI evaluate the change as a positive step for USA and for the world, but cannot make any prognosis, as we, normal citizens do not have access to all the information!.\nI was very suprised that Bush was re-elected in 2004 and not surprised at all, that the long-yearned for change of leadership is happening now.\n\nGood luck, and a good question. It shows that you think globally and are interested in outsiders' opinions!
312646
Actually we hold job as president too important in my opinion. The president works for us, not the other way around. Bush has been telling the American people what to do and how to think about certain situations and i find this to be completly wrong. Like I mentioned above, the President works for us and he should do what we want. My loyalties belong to this country, not its president.
780450
Firstly, I like this question, unbiased enough to spark debate.  Better than just saying: THE WORLD IS BETTER WITH BUSH... or THE WORLD IS LESS SAFE WITH BUSH.\n\nBut my opinion on the matter is that I've never felt so vulnerable as an American in my life.  It's hard to travel around in foreign countries, our middle class is eroding, etc...\n\nI think Bush's policies, though meant well for hte most part, aren't working.
1019926
Aside from the fact that you are Arab/middle eastern, your description of your feelings sounds like my average American friend.  All governments are corrupt, and America has managed to put a lot of corrupt governments in place.  After all didn't we help the Taliban take control of Afghanistan after the war they had with the USSR?
550754
Disapprove.  I feel that he misled us into a war that we can't possibly win (by lying to get us there in the first place).  I feel that not reversing the big tax cuts to oil companies proves corruption and we are paying for it.  I feel that spying on people without judicial approval is a violation of the rights of citizens.  But most of all, I don't feel safe anymore.  I feel that he and his administration are only exacerbating the hatred of terrorists towards America.
1174417
Yes i do because i'm glad the US intervened to stop the mass murder of jews during the holocaust of WWII.  I want to be the force that stops genocide (like in darfour).  I am willing to interfere if abuse of people is happening.  Just like i would interfere in another family if i saw child abuse or a situation if i saw rape.  I am willing to 'interfere' to stop injustice and torture and inhumanity.  Not that US intervention always does that well.  But in principle i am for that.
941661
I was inclined to support the action, because the president and a large majority of each house of congress did:\n\nhttp://hnn.us/articles/1282.html
1155484
i have no problem with americans, im english by the way, we are all the same, i dont care much for the bush administration especially on foreign policy but hey blair aint no better thats just politics, i judge people on who they are not where they come from, the world is only a small place and we are the same. i like the way you mention how we think americans are disrespectful i dont know about all americans but john s seems to be, not just disrespectful but ignorant also, we fought in those wars aswell john, and you were only our allies, allies that played a small part only in the war against hitler, we dont blame america for our misfortunes, we blame ourselves and colonialism where we exhausted ourselves giving the world "freedom" the same sort of "freedom" mr bush and mz rice are handing out now to the middle east, and we did that round about the same time that your ancestors john moved over to america from one of our (probably britain) nations, but anyway back to the question i dont dislike americans at all, i find myself disliking john s but thats just one american
41514
I don't know. They haven't involved in military activities since WW2 until recently. But I think we can give them a chance, besides do you think we can fully trust USA? It's a good way to make a balance of power (without having a cold war).
801284
if you cannot feel any difference in your country, elsewhere in the world it can be felt by the way the governments reacted. Everyone is happy that America will measure better its foreign policy before taking any radical action, like war. A single country cannot control a whole world.
560379
Yes....    not sure how else to answer it....   but let's compare... if a whole much of muslims landed in the US, set up bases, and declared their form of martial law... would we be upset with them?  I think Americans find it hard to understand their own foreign policies since such events has never happened to America...   maybe someday it will and then "some" people might see what it is like to be invaded.
933010
Protection of country and we need to support our troops no matter what. I gained respect for them and am very proud of our Troops.  \n\nGod Bless America
633616
It is not the worst, merely another example of failed US foreign policy which has never changed.  The US has always been and remains the same: "Do whatever is in 'US interests', regardless of the consequences".  \n\nIf the US had two choices:\n1) Enact a policy that benefits both countries\n2) Enact a policy that benefits the US the same at the other but is detrimental to the other country\nThe US would ALWAYS choose the second.  It's a part of the "manifest destiny" crap, the US's selfish and self-appointed view that the world is here for its benefit.  \n\nAmericans, as a general rule, haven't figured out that other countries and other peoples have the same right to live freely and do what is in their own interests.  US policy of supporting dictators was the greatest cause of communism during the Cold War, and became the greatest cause of fundamentalist islam since the Cold War ended.\n\nThe US has and continues to support dictators and help topple democracies in many countries because the US thinks it will benefit more by supporting such regimes.  Perhaps in the short term it does, but in the long term such policies led to resentment and helped build extremism instead of democratic change which was violently repressed by said dictators with the help of the US:\n\n- Iran (a democracy before the US and UK helped the Shah into power)\n- Nicaragua (the Sandanista are going to be reelected democratially as they were before now that US interference is waning)\n- Cuba (democratic movements in the 1950s were quashed, making communism the only alternative)\n- Pakistan (not just Musharraf, but Al Haq)\n- Philippines\n- South Korea (the puppet Syngman Rhee murdered thousands of his own people, almost a competition with the US generals who murdered thousands; read about the Noh Gun Ri massacre)\n- Cambodia (the US supported the Khmer Rouge)\n- Afghanistan (the US funded the Taliban in the 1980s)\n- Vietnam (the brutal regime of the south)\n- Argentina\n- Brazil\n- Chile (Salvador Allende was democratically elected but was overthrown by US-backed Augusto Pinochet)\n- El Salvador\n- Haiti\n- Grenada (the US invaded in the 1980s to prevent Cuba from building an airport; Grenada's economy has never recovered from the loss of income from not having it)\n\nI'd list all the instances, but I don't feel like spending three hours typing them all.\n\n-----------\n\nAdditional:\n\nHey, "Marshall", do you have a selective memory or a short one?\n\nYou said: \n\n"[O]ne individual suggested that the United States simply 'gave up' on finding Usama bin Laden, and turned to Iraq. The truth is, we have not given up on finding UBL, nor will we 'give up' looking for him until he is either confirmed dead or is captured."\n\nExplain this quote, then:\n\n"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."\n- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02
450098
I haven't noticed this at all. I'm not sure most American teenagers even have a clue as to what the attitude of their U.K. peers is on the war. As far as the general population of the U.K. resenting America's intrusive foreign policies, that' nothing new. And while Fox News does tend to be polarizing when it comes to attitudes about national boundaries, it generally backs up the U.K. while attacking just about everybody else. If anything, I would say that most Americans, especially conservatives actually perceive the U.K. as our only true ally right now.
759368
Bush and his cronies are not very good at diplomacy or cooperation.  It's not surprising that the rest of the world would not be happy with a country that's taken such a "my way or the highway" stance.  After all, we haven't signed the Kyoto treaty, we won't talk to countries we don't like, we call the UN names and bully them while refusing to pay our dues (uh, that predates the Bush era, but still), we've got people who claim that the Geneva Conventions are "quaint", and we've decided that's it's perfectly okay to wage pre-emptive strikes on sovereign nations without UN approval, which is something that's been a huge no-no ever since WWII.  Frankly, we've not been good world citizens, largely because of the Bush administration.  I think the world hopes the Dems are like their colleague, Bill Clinton, who is, if nothing else, very good at making friends.
574383
Miss, I am terribly sorry about what the USA did to your country. I was there. What we did was inexcusable. Saying I was ordered to do it is pretty lame. Your country, what I saw of it, was beautiful. The people I met and meet now are resourceful and have been pretty smart. I know the US trades with you now. Take care of your people. Be careful in dealing with the Western world. Do not let the multinationals strip your resources away.