Gonna throw my 2 cents in…I don’t really consider myself GOP or Democrat, but I can say I’m not particularly happy with Bush. However, I don’t believe him to be the maniacal evil genius some make him out to be- he just could have done a much better job than he did.

Some points:
-It is true that Europe looks down on Americans. While it is due in large part to our President’s performance and the questionable nature of our dealings in the Middle East, it is also due to the American people themselves and our general ignorance about any country besides our own. I don’t think that really applies to the people on this board, but I think we’ve all seen the “Jaywalking” segment of the Tonight Show. ‘Nuff said.

-Arguing about whether or not we should have gone to war in the Middle East is a moot point at this stage in the game. While I don’t necessarily agree with the fact that we went out there in the first place, I do think that it would be a huge mistake to leave Iraq now and pull out our troops. It’s not about “winning,” it’s about the Iraqi people- we promised them freedom, we took away their government and promised them a better one. We should, on principle, follow through with our promise- pulling our troops out now would make the situation much, much worse. I may be optimistic, but I don’t believe the Democrats will just pull the troops out, it would be disastrous.

There is much wrong in our government, but I don’t believe that just the government is to blame- the American people voted those politicians into office. And the typical American way of life is completely out of hand- it only takes a visit to a few other countries to see how ego-centric, wasteful, and obsessed with possessions Americans can be.