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    God Talks To Me. angel_luv's Avatar
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    How do other countries view ours and our politics towards them?

    My mom and I are having a debate and I am interested in your thoughts, especially those who live in other countries.

    Thanks! =)

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    other countries viewpoints are dependant on the media in that countries viewpoints and whether the government in that country is taking care of it's people or not...

    bottomline, America is THE Superpower of the World.

    insecure countries will hate. that's the way of humanity...unfortunately...

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    God Talks To Me. angel_luv's Avatar
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    So why is America the super power?

    To foreigners- do you think America abuse her power?

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    2nd Verse Same as the 1st Oh, Gee!!'s Avatar
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    they hate everything about us.

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    angel.. take a drive one if these days to mexico and you will understand the differences between a super power and a developing country...

    but in the mean time you can read this article..

    http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ory_id=1511812

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    they hate everything about us.
    They hate us so much, that they decided to donate help, supplies, and funds to the hurricane relief effort just to spite us.

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    They hate us so much, that they decided to donate help, supplies, and funds to the hurricane relief effort just to spite us.

    you'll be the first one blowed up when a coyote sneaks a terrorist across the border

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    God Talks To Me. angel_luv's Avatar
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    angel.. take a drive one if these days to mexico and you will understand the differences between a super power and a developing country...

    but in the mean time you can read this article..

    http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ory_id=1511812

    Thanks for the article! I am going to try to look up a more current poll about how many French, Germans, etc favor us now.

    Thanks again! =)

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    angel.. take a drive one if these days to mexico and you will understand the differences between a super power and a developing country...

    but in the mean time you can read this article..

    http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ory_id=1511812

    You might want to re-phrase that. A corrupt third world nation would better describe Mexico. Developing nation does not. angel you would have to drive further than the border towns. Go to the interior of Mexico. But not now, you may not come back.

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    Eh, most Euro's like Americans and American culture, in general, but hate our government's policies, although the re-election of W in 04 certainly didn't help Euro-American relationships. The Mexicans love us and hate us, depending on whether you are making money of us or not, but most Mexicans hate us. Central Americans hate us. South Americans love us and hate us, again depending on how much power they hold in the country, but most distrust us, and probably for good reason.

    Most of the Middle-East neither likes us nor hates us, but they certainly distrust us. The Chinese love us, although they'll never admit it publicly, the Russians are apathetic about American and Americans, but still don't trust us. Canadians think we are self-centered and self-absorbed.

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    See you when it burns SWC Bonfire's Avatar
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    you'll be the first one blowed up when a coyote sneaks a terrorist across the border
    No, I'll probably die of the bird flu before that.

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    me and rita are thinking about driving down through matamoros to mexico city for new years.

    I have a couple of cousins that need a ride back into the US.

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    They hate us for our freedom.

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    me and rita are thinking about driving down through matamoros to mexico city for new years.
    Check with your car insurance company. Many will NOT pay a claim if you take your car into the interior of Mexico.

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    How do other countries view ours and our politics towards them?

    My mom and I are having a debate and I am interested in your thoughts, especially those who live in other countries.

    Thanks! =)

    Are you going to try and marry Rasho's identical twin brother

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    Are you going to try and marry Rasho's identical twin brother
    I think Slovenia and U.S.A should unite. =)


    Rasho Me =
    Last edited by angel_luv; 11-14-2005 at 09:04 PM.

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    The Mexicans love us and hate us, depending on whether you are making money of us or not, but most Mexicans hate us............

    .......Most of the Middle-East neither likes us nor hates us, but they certainly distrust us.

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    South Americans love us and hate us, again depending on how much power they hold in the country, but most distrust us, and probably for good reason...........Most of the Middle-East neither likes us nor hates us, but they certainly distrust us.


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    Many people in other countries view the US as a y superpower that bullies everybody around. They view Americans as y.

    And freedom has nothing to do with it.

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    They hate us for our freedom.
    If you said that in a parrot-like voice, you'd either be Shrub or Bill Maher.

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    God Talks To Me. angel_luv's Avatar
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    Many people in other countries view the US as a y superpower that bullies everybody around. They view Americans as y.

    And freedom has nothing to do with it.

    I think U.S. politicians come across as y and I always feel badly about it. That is what I was trying to explain to my mom.

    She asked for specific examples, which I couldn't remember. I just know I have thought that for some time.

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    They hate us for our freedom.
    Really?? and which freedoms are those? because last I checked I have they same freedoms as you. That whole "we are the land of the free" crap no longer applies only to the US. In Argentina we have the same rights and freedoms as the US. The only difference is the economic stature of each nation.

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    Not just Venezuela, butother influencial parts of South America are leaning politically left, even as the U.S. goes further to the right...

    US on sidelines as Latin American voters prepare to redraw continent

    Elections likely to bring new alliances and governments that defy old ideological labels
    Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
    Monday November 14, 2005
    The Guardian


    There was a telling moment during the Mar del Plata summit of the Americas in Argentina earlier this month. As the 34 leaders walked to the seaside spot chosen for their group photograph, they chatted and joked among themselves. But while they strolled in groups, one leader walked alone: the US president.

    George Bush's isolation was more than symbolic. It was borne out by the failure of the summit to rubberstamp the US-backed creation of a south American trade zone. Both President Bush's isolation and the failure of the latest US-inspired trade plan for the continent highlight a question preoccupying US policy-makers and Latin American leaders: is the region drifting away from the influence of its northern neighbour?

    Between now and the end of 2006, 11 presidential elections will be held in Latin America. The political changes and challenges that ensue could see a continent redrawn.
    "In a real way Latin America is up for grabs," said Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a Washington-based thinktank. "At the very time when the US has one of the most conservative administrations, it's dealing with a Latin America that is moving to the left, not to the far-out left, but sufficiently to the left that Latin America is beginning to think about non-traditional relationships and affiliations."

    Washington's unease is heightened by the presence of leaders who, at least nominally, come from the left. In Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected from the Workers' party; Chile elected Ricardo Lagos, the first socialist president since Salvador Allende; Argentinians voted in Nestor Kirchner, who came from the leftwing faction of the Peronist party; and Uruguay chose Tabaré Vázquez, the candidate of a coalition of leftwing and progressive groups
    Guardian

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    Angel, you have to separate into "other countries"

    govt-govt relations

    public-public relations.

    local public - foregin govt relations

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    Who the cares what other countries think about the USA?
    What matters is how we can fatten our wallets.

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