After watching Countdown with me last night, my roommate posed this question: Is Bush maliciously trying to destroy America and its relationship with the world, or he is really that stupid that he cannot see the negative effects of his actions? I think he lives in a world that is in his mind. He ignores anything that disagrees with his perspective and thinks of himself as a hero. Is he delusional? He is trying to pass advice on fighting in Iraq down to his successor, ignoring the fact that the next president will most likely be a Democrat whose platform will be based on pulling troops out.
I think Bush imagines himself as a Beowulf-like man, who will go down in history as a great fighter of evil. He does not see himself as the world sees him, a man who made other countries hate America.
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The Europeans hated Reagan in his time. With reason, he was making the cold war worse for them. They felt very insecure with him in washington. Yet, history looks at him differently now. The world doesn't write the textbooks. They just get them at a discount price from the U.S.
You cannot say much about Bush destroying relationships. These nebuluous relationships hardly change American policy. Why is it that Republicans always get the blame for it? Democrats have done some bad things to in the world. Vietnam anyone?
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