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)

[technicolour]

YES! Another debate over the war. WOOT! I am totally going with kryogenix on this one. NO!

The car bombings are aimed towards us. They despise us. They want us to rot in hell. We are their threat.

Besides, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Saddam Hussein had no say in the 9/11 attacks. Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. That is nowhere near Iraq.

THE WAR WAS BASED UPON THE FACT THAT IRAQ HAD WMD'S. Getting the damn old bums known as terrorists were just a plus.

Just FYI, and really I'm not throwing this directly at anyone, but I feel like someone is going to blame this all on Bush sooner or later, so I might as well say this for the record: people have disliked Americans since before both Bush Sr and Jr.

Someone is going to blame it on Bush. Hell. People over there have hated us for like ever. Sure. It's all Bush's fault. [sarcastic here.]

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THE WAR WAS BASED UPON THE FACT THAT IRAQ HAD WMD'S.  Getting the damn old bums known as terrorists were just a plus.
Someone is going to blame it on Bush. Hell. People over there have hated us for like ever. Sure. It's all Bush's fault. [sarcastic here.]

i find that so funny. if the whole war was on finding iraq's stash of WMDs, then how come the WAR IS STILL GOING ON? Bush wasn't man enough to admit that WMDs were NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. If that's what the whole war was revolving around, then how come it hasn't ended? hmmm??

America is hated by most European countries -- including Ireland and England. Why? Ask Bush. Reflect on our country's past actions. It baffles me that some people in this f**ked up country living in a bubble think that America is the #1 liked country in the world....and that it's a "kick-ass country". Please, get out more.

And yeah, the other countries want peace. But for some reason, Bush seems to think that destroying a country in a war will lead to peace. violence does NOT equal peace. damn straight.

[CrazayChristian]

America is hated by most European countries -- including Ireland and England. Why? Ask Bush. Reflect on our country's past actions. It baffles me that some people in this f**ked up country living in a bubble think that America is the #1 liked country in the world....and that it's a "kick-ass country". Please, get out more.

This is what I've asked, what has America done. Something as vague as "the war" doesn't cut the answer.