How long are we going to perpetuate this myth of post-9/11 international sympathy?
Most of the world hasn't liked us for a very, very long time - like since our inception.
Disdain and hatred for the US was relatively low key during the Cold War, when nations were divided into two camps.
Make no mistake, most of the planet outside of the leadership in Britain was privately pleased to see the US taken down a notch on 9/11. France in particular regards 9/11 as the beginning of the end of US supremacy.
Bush squandered international sympathy? It was never there.