Does any other nation care what we (or other nations) think about them? All other nations act in their own self interest, so why shouldn't we?
Seriously, does anyone believe Putin take into consideration what the Americans might think of him before he does anything?
This has got to be the liberals' stupidest argument!
Their line of reasoning goes like this:
1) The United States of America is more powerful than the rest of teh world combined.
2) Anything France says or does that influences the USA is a bonus, since France is a minnor in comparison.
3) But conversely, anything the US says or does would be the ultimate influencer of France's policies.
4) It is like we elect 120 MPs to New Zealand's Parliament and from these we have cabinet and a government in power. But US actions are, metaphorically speaking, acting like an extra 300 MPs in NZ Parliament. In other words, the things that affact NZ's government policies are the NZ government plus the US government.
5) This goes on for Botswana, Canada, Veneszuela, ... etc.
6) Because of this, each time Americans elect the US president and Congress, they are also electing the Parlaiment of Canada, the Bundestag of Germany, the National Assembly of France by virtue of choosing the US leaders.
7) Which means that virtually, any American actions that act in the US's self-interest will have an extremely large effect on Sweden, Jordan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, you name it, but converse cases are simply not true.
8) Therefore, the US shouldn't act in their own self-interests, while Belgium shouild be given free passes.
This is twisted reasonings, but you can see where their demented minds go.