How did the Bush regime turn the world's sympathy for us after 9/11 into isolation and dislike???

Americans have asked themselves that question since 9/11. Actually they asked themselves why it happened in the first place. America is a great nation, but it does have the habit of creating their own future problems. America is perceived by the rest of the world as pushy, bossy and unfair, they have many ways to push buttons and get other nations to do what they want, and people resent that. They also resent the fact that Americans refuse to conform to rules other countries are following, like the Kyoto agreement to stop global warming. America is the greatest energy hog in the world, it uses up resources like crazy, but not their own, but those of some other nation. America sets rules but does not follow them. Take the case of an American diplomat in a foreign country who runs over some poor guy and kills him. The diplomat is whisked out of the country in a matter of hours. Even when the diplomat was drunk when that happened. On the other hand, a foreign diplomatin the USA runs over an American citizen and is slapped in jail. Mr. Bush is perceived as the worst president America has ever had, his election remains questionable. America feels entitled to demand clean elections elsewhere, but at home?....And this guy goes out and gets reelected, frankly unbelievable. There were many strange attitudes in the President when informed of the attack, many people have commented about it, there are websites dealing with it. His relationship with the Bin Laden Family and the fact that no matter how much money USA funnels into the search for Mr. Bin Laden, they can't find him and innocent Americans are dying in a foreign land because of his decisions, really makes you wonder. Some say he was after the oil, and his buddies are making a fortune in construction contracts. He is so paranoid that he can only justify his position by going out and making war on enemies, real or imagined. Now it's the Mexicans, who next? Unfortunately America's foreign policy has earned America a lot of hate. The arrogance of many Americans who tend to look down on anyone else is offensive for many, their insularity, where they cannot see or accept anything beyond their borders, thus they stay within those borders also does not help. A lot of Americans ignore many things about other countries, other nations, they tend to label and stereotype them. Big Mistake. By the time his second term ends he might well have alienated many other nations against America. See what happened in Spain because of the pre-election bombing. Things like those tend to rub people the wrong way.





One thing that I found sad was the hurricane that hit New Orleans. The lack of preparedness was unbelievable, the lack of control, the lack of leadership, and having chosen the wrong person to handle an emergency like that only made me wonder if America had finally fallen for their own Hollywood supernation stereotype. America feels free to criticize others, but will accept no criticism if they are the ones to blotch it.





Those are some of the reasons. There are many more. Bush is not America. The people are America, but they do need to be more tolerant and respectful of others.How did the Bush regime turn the world's sympathy for us after 9/11 into isolation and dislike???
The Bush Administration turned the world's sympathy for us after 9/11 into isolation and dislike by deciding to go it alone rather than to take the ';higher road'; and employ a statesman-like approach to transfer that sympathy into a groundswell of viable, practical support and subsequent unified action.





It was HUGE missed opportunity.How did the Bush regime turn the world's sympathy for us after 9/11 into isolation and dislike???
not the bush 'regime' its the world around us, one of the main causes to hate/isolation/dislike is jealousy, the fact of the matter is that we are one of the greatest if not the greatest countries in the world..
All the previous answers BUT one... geezzzzz...
easy - -


stupidity
He went after the wrong people and lied to do it
our arrogance in our own power and lack of sympathy of other nation's trouble.we want pity for the horrible attacks (which were inexcusable and wrong)but we other nothing in return to all the other country's that have suffered the same things
WEll, I'd say it had a LOT to do with us invading, bombing, killing, policing and threatening the rest of the world. Sad as it is, as not everybody in america agrees with gwb, the world thinks badly of us americans..


because of this idiot we have at the helm


I still cannot believe that he was actually elected.. (this term) after stealing the last election and lying to the american people and the world!
Mairead, what a great answer! And yeah Bush went after Iraq claiming they had weapons of mass destruction. the UN searched and said they didnt have any, but Bush said **** the UN i'm going anyway, for Oil and money.





He claims that he is protecting America, but North Korea and other places have openly exercised Nuclear projects, but all they do is talk to them, hold talks, lets talk...its cause they have no Oil, thats why they dont give a ****.
I didnt know this was a popularity contest.





Other countries have always disliked us for one reason or another. How about this reason? Our government works?





While it didnt say perfectly it seems its the best system so far.





Only victims need sympathy and we are not victims.





Stop it with the victim mentality already

eye make up