Bush in Brazil

I have very much the same world safety concerns as robespain. Espana & over 100 other allies realize the seriousness of terrorists. France is showing more support for the USA more than it used to. The enemies are developing nuclear weapons (amongst others), as well as tactics (militarily & politically) to make the USA fall. Enemies (duh) trying to crush each other has been going on since the dawn of time. Right now, the terrorists are using the old tactic of killing civilians and soldiers alike of enemies. The USA stresses to abide by the Geneva Convention laws. Terrorists say their right for doing what they do, but tell the world how terrible the USA is if it accidently kills civilians. Hypocrites.

I watch a tv series called "Futureweapons", and it is very informative what the USA, its allies & enemies have. In addition to nuclear weapons having been sold in the black market (known for decades), there is another that can be regarded almost as the second scariest weapon. It is the Electromagetic Pulses (EMP) bomb. This non-nuclear device uses electromagnetic waves, & stops anything using electricity from working. The USA largely depends on high technology. This device can affect an area as large as the USA if blasted at the right altitude. In other words, not only can this affect the USA, but also Europe. This device has been loose, and possibly in the black market for several years.

I say the EMP bomb could be regarded almost as the second scariest weapon even though it doesn''t kill people, but rather defense systems (along with world markets) would be useless. Defense systems wouldn''t be able to protect a country/countries from missiles, & economic chaos would occur in the West. This is exactly what the enemies of the USA & its allies want.

The USA used the "A" and "H" bombs in 1945. It hasn''t used them since, & has said MANY times that it doesn''t have intention to attack anyone like that again. The reality is that the nuclear weapon is here to stay, therefore so is the threat. Terrorist states who are trying to develop nuclear weapons, however, have been vocalizing use on the USA and its allies (especially Israel, Japan and South Korea.) Another reality is that terrorists vocalize that they will continue to fight even if the USA leaves Iraq. This is one of the largest reasons why Vice President Dick Chaney says fighting terrorism could last for 50 years.

Regarding the oil topic robespain brought up, wishfully oil will be limited to the military. Wishfully, alternative energy sources will be widescale. That would be especially great for vehicles and homes. This would greatly reduce the dependence on oil. President Bush has said this in more than one speech, and wishfully he & the Congress will actually take action to accomplish this.

Honestly, I wish the political parties would be dissolved. This would force congressmen and voters alike to THINK of what lawmakers & candidates say. Right now, I hear voters of both political parties AUTOMATICALLY oppose what the other party says.

The world''s view of USA with a Republican president is predominately negative according the media, which is mostly ran by Democrats. (I''ve been closely following hard news for over 20 yrs.) World welfare didn''t exist before what the USA started in the 20th century. The USA continues to give aid, including money, to Latin American countries. Dictator Chavez uses drug money to buy the poor''s support. He hates the USA for stopping his drug trafficking. Of course he hates a strong USA president. I consider the source when I hear somebody''s opinion. If Chavez dislikes President Bush, then President Bush is most definitely doing something right.

On a similar note, Iraqi war protesters are hypocrites. Why? If Iraqi war protesters had it their way from the start (that being the USA having never gone to war with Iraq), then Saddam Hussein would still be able to execute protesters under him. "Yea, I''m RREEAALLY going to protest FOR something that will result in protesters getting murdered for shouting their opinions."

President Bush Jr.''s biggest mistake is the same as his father''s during his presidency. President Bush Sr.''s biggest mistake was listening to hardcore Democrats. Back up a little bit to the 1988 Presidential campaign...Bush promised "No new taxes." Democrats kept telling Bush Sr. to raise taxes in their proposals for 2 1/2 yrs, but he kept vetoeing to keep his promise. Finally, Bush Sr. caved in to make progress with other issues. During the 1992 Presidential campaign, the Democrats turned around & used Bush Sr.''s compromise to their demands against him.

Forward to the second Iraqi war (Democrats wouldn''t let Bush Sr. finish the job in 1991), Bush Jr.''s biggest mistake was trying to please Democrats by minimizing the troop count in Iraq. (War has been VERY unpopular since drug users protested for yrs during the Vietnam War. People are still influenced by the images & words of those drug users.) President Bush Jr. shouldn''t have pulled out as many troops as he did after the USA quickly toppled Saddam Hussein''s government. SOME Democrats didn''t want him to pull so many troops then. Now, Democrats don''t want him to have more troops supporting each other there. There''s no pleasing the hardcore Democrats.

Hardcore Democrats are proving Osama bin Laden right when he said in 1982, "America is a paper tiger." Americans have quickly gotten over the shock of al-Queda killing Americans on Sep. 11, 2001. Hardcore Democrats don''t want the USA to stand up & protect itself. When dealing with the enemy that has already attacked the USA, the President (of whichever political party) must proactive in crushing them. The #1 duty of the President of the USA is to protect its citizens.

al-Queda, before 2001, operated in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan & under the Taliban government in Afghanistan. It continues to grow. The most basic principle when dealing with your enemy in war, sports, etc. is to crush them early on. Don''t let them grow stronger, especially when they openly shout that they want to kill Americans after they''ve been doing so worldwide. That''s exactly what the Nazis did, & nobody took action until after Germany attacked Poland.

Thanks, robespain, dflo, and agnostigirl for your supportive comments. I can only say that I share your fear robespain, but I sincerely believe that the American people are finally beginning to come to our senses regarding Bush. The big question for me is how far Bush has set our country, and the world, back. One of my friends recently said 50 years.

I hope that 50 years from now, our country will be able to enjoy the goodwill that we once felt from around the world and that we will get back on track towards mutual disarmament, building a functioning set of multilateral institutions that promote real international development, and, not to mention, reversing the ecological harm that we''ve been irresponsibly doing to the planet.

That''s my hope.

On another note, it''s really cool to see that there''s an international presence on this site. Thanks!

Yu said: "I hope that 50 years from now, our country will be able to enjoy the goodwill that we once felt from around the world and that we will get back on track towards mutual disarmament"
I dont really think there has been never that goodwill fromother countries to the USA. In the 20''s, the goverment of the USA devoluped the very much massive destruction atomic bomb, and the entire world has been living for more than 60 years with the fear of someone pushing the bottom. Those years were not as bad as now, then it was not presence of climatic change, and then there was a lot of oil to burn. But now everything gets even more dramatic with this two facts. I dont critizise Americans. Here, spain, is quite bit like another state of USA, we share the culture thanks to the tv.
I very much hope Im in a mistake, but I really believe in 50 years we are gonna be living in a terrible world. And I would say not 50, but this is coming in less than 15 years. It seems the war in Irak is gonna last forever, till the oil is over. And when the oil is over there will be a very big international crisis. There has been a raising of population in the world due to the using of this energy, the oil, and when the oil is over, this exceding population will be over also. My fear is that this nice work we have builded (thanks to the oil) will last very little, and we the humans we will return again to the darkest ages. I hope Im mistaken.

I think it is a well done piece. You have an opinion and you voice it, instead of trying to be "neutral" (whatever that is). But, I must say that having been at the march, that the violence was provoked by a very small group of protestors, not the police. I would say that there were some 20,000 people at the march, which might be a large number for any other city, but for a city of 15 million, i think the turnout was actually quite low. Bush makes an easy scapegoat for the world''s problems (hence the protest) but why not start at home? There were no significant protests at all last year against the "mensal?o" corruption scandal nor the "dossie" scandal or any other of the myriad of scandals. There were literally too many scandals to even remember! I am all for changing the world but protesting another nation''s leader will not do as much as getting rid of ones'' own corrupt congressmen (who are about to vote themselves a raise)!

Im from Spain, and we share here te fear of USA. Not just for mr Bush, but the whole USA. Most of the spanish people (in Europe, Spain is not in South America, as some americans citizens has asked me) we are afraid there is not demacracy in the USA. And since there has been a constant growing building weapons in the late 80''s, we are afraid those weapons are gonna be used sometime.
A friend of mine has been living for 6 years in Bagdad before the war, and he realises the country worked veri much well, and people was very happy with Saddam, instead what we wach in the news, so I know you believe a buck of shit, but "Three Kings" is not the real world.
In the real world, one country destroy another according to steal oil.
We are very sad about the USA. A politician have sex with someone and there is a big scandal, but the presidents make an ilegal war for false reasons and open ilegal jails to keep people arrested and tortured without rights, behind the law, and people do nothing, I think the high number of deaths of american soldiers and the incredible but unnoficial high number or iraqui civil deaths is a biggest escandal than a sexual affair. But the general opinion of the citizens of USA doesnt think the same, so Im afraid. Im very frightened and for me this feeling I have must be similar that the one of the germans when the rising of hitler.

Actually, I think you should listen to what he says, he seems to be more aware of what''s going on than you do...

This story was incredible. Our media never shows us things like this. It''s amazing how much more informed people are in other countries.