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...Paradoxically, at a time when America should be harvesting the fruits of its many beneficial policies, it has been the target of a whirlwind of protest and disillusionment in the region. American standing in Asian public opinion has never been lower. The reasons for this are complex. Many Americans would like to believe that it is only the Bush Administration that is unpopular. Actually, many Asian ?lites preferred Bush over Kerry due to the President's proven tough stand against terrorism and protectionism. The structural reason for the deepening disillusionment with America is the growing perception in Asia (and perhaps...
...fraction of French people who supported Bush since the last election has diminished,” Pigeon said. “We know him now, whereas we didn’t four years ago. I don’t think the French will protest [his re-election] much, but I fear that there will be more hostility towards Americans...
...head on Oct. 23, 1990. Charles Stuart, her husband, who is white, informed police that the perpetrator was a young black male, setting off a manhunt in the Mission Hill area. It was later discovered that Charles Stuart committed the murder, a revelation that touched off a storm of protest against racial profiling...
...from the police station. They had come to demand freedom for six men arrested for allegedly providing arms to Islamic separatist fighters. But the authorities were in no mood to oblige. In the station courtyard stood hundreds of heavily armed police and soldiers brought in to deal with the protest, their weapons drawn. At either end of the road were parked tanks and military trucks. Behind was the Tak Bai river. "It was frightening," recalls one of the protesters, Ai (not her real name), the 38-year-old wife of a rice farmer. "Even if we did want to leave...
...over a booming economy, how could anyone want to re-elect him? With all the impassioned campaigning of “Rock the Vote,” “Vote or Die” and the efforts of 527 groups like Moveon.org, there would be something futile about protest and political action after a Bush win. After all, liberal activists were born to win this election. An opponent and circumstances like these really should not require Clintonian charisma to gain the support of the American people...