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"sck5 - so, we're only liked for our money, but hated for our policies, is that about it?"
I have spent a lot of time travelling in Africa for work. I dont imagine that the regular folks there know much about our policies either. But I dont think foreigners are alone in smelling money when the President comes around. Every politician in America is the same way I think.
Having said that, it is true that our invasion of Iraq has made us very unpopular among many people overseas. Many dont understand the details but only know that the US invaded and is now occupying Iraq. Every one I have spoken to takes it for granted that the reason was to get oil. The connection between 9/11 and invading Iraq that is routinely made here in the US is not a connection people make overseas. Apparently, not even in England where most people want to pull out and by all reports, this is what they are in the process of doing. The complications of just pulling out now that we are there are not something I have ever heard a foreigner talk about.
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