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Originally Posted by Undertoad
OK, what are we doing that appears to you to be making things worse?
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1) Invading Iraq, thus retroactively proving in many Middle Eastern eyes everything the terrorists have been claiming about us.
2) Our eternal dance of supporting corrupt governments if they will provide short term political advantage. This is not, of course, specific to the Middle East. It is just as harmful in Central and South America.
3) Until very recently, we supported Israel's position no matter what it was (I think we should always support Israel, but sometimes we would be supporting them better by not supporting some of their individual policies). This is something I think Bush has actually improved our position on. If US diplomacy had anything to do with settlement withdrawal, then good on him.