When Bush started the war in afghan/iraq, there were protest all around the world esp in europe. Millions turned out. War with Libya, not a word of protest
“War with Libya, not a word of protest”
I would bet there are protests all over about this very issue, the problem is, the media won’t cover it.
With W., it was broadcast 24/7 on every station.
I saw this with the G8. Every news cast lead with the protests, attributing them to Bush. The same protestors were out at the G8 against Obama, but it was just a blip on the 20th page of the auto section.
We have many friends and relatives in Germany, Austria, and Hungary, and none of them think very much of Obama. If you ask them ‘why did you guys love Obama before”, they will look at you like your nuts, they don’t care one way or the other, they have their own jobs, their own lives, and their own families, and who the American president is, to them, is a non-issue. Now, the yoots abroad is a different story, they are just trained to hate everyone and blame everyone, and the US is the biggest target because... well, we’re Goliath I guess.
But no, I think the protests against America are still going on, they are just pushed under the rug by the media. It doesn’t fit their profile of “Bushes Fault”.
And, I think the protests that were going on during W’s terms were blown WAY out of proportion. You would get 12 people protesting in some far away country, most likely orchestrated by CNN themselves (remember enraged muslim guy who as at all the protests? and the woman with the unspent shells that went through her house?) and the media would be all over it. I reckon there were more media cameras and reporters at those events, then there were actual protestors.
That’s just my 2 cents.
Good question. Well is he above the Law?
Here we have us and some Euro powers gleefully participating in the attempted removal of one of the world’s worst persons. Where are the demonstrations here and abroad about messing in the private affairs of another country as during the Bush admin? Where are the stinking American lib marchers now that their hero is trying to get rid of Kaddafi through violent means instead of talking him to death? Remember, we’re not supposed to mess with what other countries do. Of course His Royal Slipperiness Obama can do anything he wants without his rearend-kissing flunkies of the Fourth Estate raising their eyebrows.