GWB is getting caught up in the "Why don't they like us" hysteria. They don't like us because we are INFIDELS. Springer has nothing to do with it. A GWB throw-away line for a few laughs (and thank you, Reuters, for "explaining" the Springer show to us! That was so cute and foreign.) Officially, the US Gov't cannot officially blame the attacks on a violent cult off-shoot of Islam. But, to blame it on Springer? Come on. The Feds' view: We can't handle the truth.
There's more truth to this "throw-away" line than you suspect.
The trailer park trash and social decadence that we export as "entertainment" offends many in more conservative societies. For Christ's sake, it offends me!
I've traveled many a mile through many a country and the picture of the US is not a flattering one.
Mr. Springer and his ilk, like it or not, are in many instances, who we are perceived as.