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...criticism for everything from its lack of action on global warming to its faith in unfettered capitalism, which has lately led to the spread of economic contagion from American banks to the rest of the world. But most damaging to America's global reputation has been the invasion of Iraq, which many Europeans viewed as a dangerous misadventure from the start. "There's concern that America goes its own way rather than listening to its allies or seeking international approval," says Andrew Kohut, president of the Washington-based Pew Research Center. "The war in Iraq is the poster child...
Many new students - whose first political act was to protest against the war in Iraq - are consumed by anti-Americanism, he says, and refuse to distinguish between the American people and the U.S. government. Suspicion also clouds the thinking of some university administrators. When Gunlög Fur, a professor of history at Sweden's Växjö University, tried to set up an American-studies program, the board of governors turned her down. "I got some fairly confrontational questions," she recalls. "They asked, 'Is this program meant to promote the United States...
...Anyway, now we gotta right the ship: no more lying, no more threatening, and no more baby insinuations. We’re better than that.” “C’mon, boss, one last try: I’m getting good with Photoshop after that Iraq stuff. We could maybe throw together a birth certificate that says Bill Ayers fathered John McCain’s black baby with Michelle Obama. How’s that for a silver bullet?” [Looks at Dick, who narrows his eyes vaguely.] “Um, yeah...
...said the United States’s lack of focus on rebuilding and stabilizing Afghanistan was a major reason the Taliban was able to regain power and gain new recruits. “How did we get here?” he asked. “In one word, Iraq.” The solution will not come from solely increasing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Rashid said. The remedy should be a major diplomatic initiative, involving countries such as Iran and India. These countries are crucial because each has an interest in Afghanistan’s future and many...
...Jeffrey Kwong ’08-’09—president and president emertius the Republicans—sparred on a range of issues during the hour and a half debate, including the state of the economy, health care, the war in Iraq, and public education. “We’re looking for more pointed responses from the debaters because in the [national] debate later on, that may not happen,” said IOP Forum Committee member Christopher J. Hollyday ’11. Questions were posed by former Chairperson of the Massachusetts State Republican...