Posted on 06/17/2004 9:41:29 PM PDT by quidnunc
A national political campaign allows a country to focus its attention on critical matters, make decisions about the future and express what’s important. No doubt our presidential election someday will include serious discussions about Iraq, Medicare, the Patriot Act and more.
Meanwhile, a national campaign is underway in Canada. And it puts the lie to the oft-stated claim that the United States is feared internationally.
NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory hauled out this sad charge during President Bush’s recent visit to Europe. “In much of the world, people fear the United States,” Gregory claimed, “but, particularly after the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, [they] appear to have lost faith in its ideals.”
Well, that may be what people in other countries say, but it’s not what they believe. If Gregory were correct, we’d see fear manifested in Canada. After all, they’re our immediate neighbor and would be on the front lines if the U.S. started to throw its weight around.
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We’re unique. We’re special. We’re the great hope of mankind. That’s why terrorists seek to destroy us — because they fear and detest our freedoms and realize those freedoms eventually will be spread everywhere, because freedom is the only idea that really works. Their idea, a Muslim caliphate, has already been tried and has already failed.
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Excellent article, sums up the situation nicely.
Who's afraid of the U.S.A.? People who do not like FREEDOM, that's Who!!!!!
America spreads freedom and hope. Islam spreads hatred, murder and suicide-for-sex.
They fear us?
Huh.
Last I heard, they said we were fat and lazy.
I think I like this better.
David Gregory was the same reporter who decided to publically embarass Bush in Paris by speaking French to Chirac at a newsconference...
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