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Originally posted by Undertoad
Euro countries fully supporting war:
United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Croatia, Portugal, Bosnia, Montenegro ...
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Misleading to the point of outright lying. For example Spain's Aznar supports the US position. However only 13% in Spain agree with him. The massive Spanish majority, many times over, oppose this war.
Best one can find for US support is Britain - only 38% supportive. Considering that two years ago, 78% of Britians was supportive of US actions, then this demonstrates how stupid this president is regarded within the entire world.
In most nations, Americans are not blamed for this American foreign policy. Most people polled blame George Jr. Only in Russia and Turkey do the people also blame Americans for this war.
A smart person would say we simply bide our time until Saddam is problem to the only countries he will ever threaten - Iraq's neighbors. However this president cannot be bothered with intelligent actions. As long as Saddam is there, then Saddam is a trophey to incompetance by George Jr's advisors who were part of the George Sr administration. Nothing was going to keep George Jr from starting this war - as was decided before George Jr was even inaugurated.
So we spend massive more money and risk many more lives unnecessary. We could have taken out Saddam as we did Milosevik. But that would require patience and intelligence. Virtually every nation in the world realizes that this American president is doing the stupid thing. So be it.
This so called coalition amounts to only three nations - Britain, Australia, and US. George Jr has even destroyed relations with America's closest friend - Canada. Never since WWII have Canadian / American relations been lower. Some NATO countries sent equipment to Turkey. Not to support the US but to defend Turkey per NATO obligations.
UT openly misleads everyone. Most of the world's population is strongly against the US - moreso against George Jr than against America.
Negative Views of U.S. Are Increasing in Europe, Poll Finds