Is America, Really as bad as people say? Options

[CrazayChristian]

I know, I'm an American, why am I asking this?

Well, I've heard both sides of the story, and I still don't see why people dislike America.

I came across this topic:

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And I realized that there must be some sort of prejudice involved.

In my opinion, we are doing alot already. We actually have more troups in the yugoslavian area than Iraq, and I think we lose more people there than Iraq. We have troups there to help stifle the fighting.
We have troups in Iraq so that we can help them to defend themselves.
We are the big brother of Isreal.

And yes we've had some bad moments, such as the bikini Islands. But, you're expected to make mistakes. Look at how the European powers did hundreds of years ago.

Some people blame the president for the problems, but put yourself in his shoes, to control the most powerful country in the world and try to make everyone happy. It just doesn't always work out.

So, I'm wondering, why do certain people (almost entire countries) dislike America?

(I'm curious about my facts, and I figured debate would be the best way to discuss diffrent sides)

[DizBukHahNi]

Everybody hates America, even some Americans. I don't know why, alls I know is that America kicks arse.

[Paradox of Life]

Everybody hates America, even some Americans. I don't know why, alls I know is that America kicks arse.

You just contradicted yourself. That's not justifying anything in this debate. And it's false. Not everybody hates America (considering you don't). If that were true, it wouldn't be as powerful a nation as it is now.

Bush has a bad reputation. Why? Because he made up some bogus idea that there were "weapons of mass destruction" stashed somewhere in Iraq and was having a paranoia fit that they were going to come and attack America. So he sent in soldiers, ruined their country and is now trying to rebuild it in "his" why as an act of kindness. Oh, and did I mention there weren't any weapons of mass destruction at all?

If Bush is representing the USA, what kind of reputation is our nation getting? A bad one, that's for sure and a lot of people considered moving to Canada after he was re-elected as president. Not everyone hates America, but I could understand if they did. Anyone who hates America, but hasn't had a chance to live in it probably hates it for all the wrong reasons. It's not horrible. It just may be ruled by someone that is.

And even then, he's not badly affecting our daily lives. Just the daily lives of other innocent people in other countries.

Sorry if some of my facts are wrong. I don't read up on politics very much.