Why do people disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the country's policies and the war in Iraq?
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He has claimed over and over again about "terrorism" and "nuclear weapons" - weapons of mass destruction hidden in Iraq as an excuse to wage a war and suck out all the oil - blatant imperialism. And after the war, when there is no oil, Kofi Annan himself said for the first time in open - the war was illegal - but he has blinded his people and trying to show them he is being a nice guy, while all the world knows he is just avenging his dad's unfinished business and imperialistically snatching off someone else's territory. \n\nWhy should he, or anybody else for that matter, show interest to someone else's government/country. Who is he to tell the miscellaneous countries about how to run their countries and economies.\n\nWho do you think is the real terrorist now? That is why he is under the scanner.
410015
I take it that you Americans do not like your president.  What is there not to like about Bush?  He has kept his pants on and he has kept from being shot.  I am from canada and I like Mr. Bush.  So what, he went to war a few times.  Canada has not followed him all the time.  We only have a small army so we have to be careful where we put our very small army in this world.  There are people here in canada who want a even smaller army.  Imagine that!
383131
1.  Americans don't necessarily hate Mr. Bush; they hate his sick policies, both domestic and foreign.\n\n2.  People voted for Mr. Bush before it became apparent he was a cheating, lying, stinking, bombing fraud.  Oh, and a war criminal.  \n\n3.  Mr. Bush did not "win" either election - he was put in power by those who are actually in charge and trust me, it ain't us Americans...\n\n4.  God blesses good Patriots - of which I am one. (Patriots stand up for their country against a crooked government).
796523
No, its not.  I think you give the American people too much credit.  There is not actually a very large difference between the people and the government.  Don't forget, this war began with a 70% public approval rating.  The vast majority of Americans favored starting the war.  Bush had a very high approval rating until recently, and disapproval of the war is only growing now that people realize it was a mistake.  Unfortunately its the public opinion before the war which matters more.  I am American and I find that many Americans do approve of American foreign policy.  It might be because I live in the south, but many people are further to the right than Bush is.  There are many people that would make Bush look like a moderate dove.  In a country that prides itself on democracy, you can only separate the people and the government so much.  The government is responsible to the people, and when the government does bad things, it is either through the will or the apathy of the people.  In either case, the public of a democracy share the moral responsiblity.
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There are many examples like this.  It is actually just the "hate Bush no matter what crowd" that is getting all the negative press.  Unfortunately too many people aren't able to look past their emotions and the media networks know this and they play to it.  If these same people were offered unbiased views (including all the good that is going on) they would have different opinions.  I personally think that it is scary that too many people are willing to believe what they are spoonfed on the nightly "news" instead of sitting back and looking critically at the issue.  Saddam Hussein has always been a threat to stability in the region and the rest of the world.  If Clinton had gone in no one would have said boo just like Bosnia and Kosovo.
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How fickle people are, these polls out today are a joke. I would like to see this question posed...what don't you like about Bush, factually, not just off the cuff running your mouth...give me facts.\n\nIsn't it interesting that some 96% of the US population approved of the war in Iraq 4 years ago?  Yet, they don't approve now, sorry folks, you don't just change your mind about war in midstream.  It doesn't work that way.  We didn't have it easy during many wars, and didn't give up and pull out, eventually the tables turned and we were very successful.  I think of the Revolutionary war, WW1 and  WWII.  People seem to forget that we activly fought WWII for 4 years (after it was already in progress for 3 years).  It was awful, it was tough, but we got dragged into it by Japan, just like the terrorists draged us into this one.\n\nSo why is Bush great?  Number one, he has named his priorities and goals and stuck with them.  The economy is very strong, growing so fast the Feds can't raise interest rates fast enough.  I can't see what it is that Americans can blame Bush for when it comes to the economy, most of the damage was done by the terrorists on 9/11.  Bush said he belived in tax cuts, he didn't want new taxes and he wanted Americans to have more money in their pockets so they spent more.  All of the above happened.  I didn't see anyone complaining when they got their $300.00 a few years ago.  The democrats are dying to use taxes to lower the deficit...okay, that means our money folks, you okay with that?\nThere is a time a place for everything, raising taxes during war is not the way to go.\n\nWe have not had another attack on American soil.  If you want to keep the terrorists from attacking innocent Americans, send the military to the terrorists, keep them occupied and kick their asses somewhere else.  The men in the military are all for being out there kicking terrorism in the butt.  That is their job, they signed up for it and trained for it.  They don't just want Americans support they want success, that means letting them finish the job.  Some of these men and women are on their 4th and 5th tours, and wanting to go back for more.\n\nBush tells it like it is.  If he screws up he acknowledges it.  He doesn't mess around with anything.  He gets to the point and moves on.  You can tell how much he learned from his dad and President Regan.  Sometimes he so reminds me of Regan it's astonishing.  \n\nI'm sorry but when Hurricane Katrina came and Bush got the report on the dykes a few days before landfall..what was he going to do about them?  Send peple out to dump dirt on them?  It was too late to rebuild, it was not feasable to get everyone out of the City, hell that shouldn't even be the governments job to do that.  We have been through 3 direct Hurricane landfalls in 2 years where I live in Ft. Pierce, FL (not to mention the 4 indirect storms and depressions) and we took care of ourselves.  This is the land of the elderly.  If we had waited for the government we would have been standing in waist deep water for weeks.   Bush came and saw us, he gave us support, it's more emotional than anything else.  That is what we needed, when you dont' have TV, radio, phone, you feel very isolated.  Having your President come to see you is a great moral booster.  He is very good at that.\n\nBush has reached the point where he really doesn't care what everyone thinks about him.  He is out for doing what he thinks is best for America, not whats best for the social circle.  So if the other countries don't like it well, I'm sorry, but that is the way it is.  As soon as everyone begins to wake up and realize that we are all targets, we will be better off as a nation and a world.  If your President doesn't look after you first, then what good is he?  It's like having a dead beat dad...no thanks, I'll take GW!
820795
as per the recent poll conducted by the guardian news paper, bush outranked the presidents of Iran and north Korea who are regarded as danger to world peace. the poll was conducted in Canada, Israel, the UK and the USA and in some countries he was second to osama. the peace loving , democratic people of the USA sent signals to the world that they do not approve bush's policy in Iraq. the number of civilians killed is not 150000 but more than 600000 and all third world countries must unite and denounce bush's policy in Iraq and bring pressure on the UN to establish an international tribune for the trial of bush for war crimes in Iraq.
149191
Yes, there are many people who love Bush and think all of his stumbles and gaffes were made up by the media.  These are the same people who think that if you criticize the president, you are somehow giving comfort to "the enemy" and are a traitor.  They say they believe in America and the flag, but they would stifle freedom of speech in the name of patriotism.  They scare me because if there are enough of them, they can destroy America and all that it stands for.
953769
I know!  I've noticed that too.  Most of the people I know HATE Bush, his ratings are low, and the Congress that supports him had a recent 16% approval rating.  I even know some moderate Republicans that voted Democrat this year.\n\nYet people still say that "liberals are idiots" and "Bush is great."  Don't they realize that most of America and practically ALL of the world disagree with them?  Yet they still act all high and mighty.\n\nQuite a god complex they have, isn't it?\n\nBUSH SUCKS!!
594875
Theres this last 30 percent of people that still like bush and they would continue to like him even if he ate kittens.  They blindly support him and anything bad about him or Iraq in the media is thrown aside by them.
779921
Yes, absolutely. I saw one report that the world didn't blame the Americans for anything done by Bush in his first term because they dildn't know what he was about. But when they reelected him, knowing what he was about, they became complicit in his policies. So yes by the majority voting for Bush in 2004, you could say the American people are partly to blame for the debacle in Iraq.
913039
bush Jr is disliked by most of the people in the world. he second to ladden in some countries as per polls done by the guardian news papers. except UK, there is no friend to the USA .he is considered as danger to world peace even in countries like Israel and the UK.but it was not so in the case of Clinton.he did not take a brutal decision like invading Iraq without valid reason and caused for the deaths of  more than 600000 iraqis.
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I feel he is by far the worst president in the history of our country. He demonstrates absolutely no understanding of statesmanship, competence, and the ability to govern by compromise. \n  Our government has three branches of government. It is obvious that disagreements on policy and its execution will occur. Bush is blind to anything that differs with his own policy and pushes forward an agenda that ignores all suggestion of other views.\n  His entire presidency is a failed attempt at prosecuting a war which has cost the lives of 2000+ Americans and over 30,000 Iraqis in the name of \nDemocracy. That price is not worth the cost in lives and money. That war has been singularly the most flawed effort in our history.\n  His economic policies are based on cruelty and fantasy. The rich Americans are profitting from every single proposal, while the poor are suffering. \n  His reaction to  Katrina demonstrates that we are unready for an attack on our country by terrorists even after the September 11 attack which should have woke us up. His appointment of cronies to sensitive offices that require \ncompetence demonstrate his own lack of perception of excellence. \n   To answer those who say he is maligned, send your children to fight the war in Iraq and if they come back in  a body bag see if you say the same thing!!!!! Bush and his friends have not sent one of their own.\n   Finally, anyone with his resume would have been turned down for both the job of Texas governor and President of the United States if his last name weren't Bush. If his name were Smith he would have been laughed off the American  political stage and sent back to drink his way to oblivion.
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There are a lot of people that support Bush.  They're about 33% of the American population.\n\n55% of American population can't find Iraq on a map.\n\n11% of Americans 18-24 cant find NEW YORK CITY on a map.\n\n60% of Americans don't know who their state's Senators are.\n\n....you get the idea.
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Because going to Iraq was a big mistake. Because, president Bush lied to the American public about the reasons for going into the war. No one is complaining about the Afghanistan war, the other war that Bush decided. But Iraq was decided based upon lies. That is just criminal, it was not a political mistake, it is criminal and he should be punished accordingly.
1070689
people around the world hate the united states because of its one-sided foreign policies. in iraq, bush and blair have already said that the war was a mistake. there was no weapons of mass destruction (which was the basis for the war) so it was a false declaration by bush and he lied and manipulated his allies to attack iraq. now why would civilized people listen to a ridiculus call to war? iraq is an oil rich country. i wont be surprised if the americans and british have started drilling oil in iraq. of course they wont tell you that. anyway the war was called 'OIL' for 'operation iraqi liberation'. first of all, the reason for war (weapons of mass destruction) is a false claim and the evil saddam has been captured so why in the world is the US still in iraq? that makes people angry. the scandal at abu ghraib prison makes people angry. the deaths of civilians makes people angry. the continual insurgency shows that iraqi people DO NOT want americans there. and therefore, the general frustration with a superpower that has infringed human rights and is acting like a superior bully over helpless civilians makes people angry.\nanother case, israel. many people can't stand the backing of the US towards atrocities caused by the israelies towards the palestinians. i am not arab and i do not relate to the palestinians but am i the only one to see the similarities of the jewish holocaust by hitler and the current palestinian holocaust by lets see...israel, the US and every other country that remains silent. that is why people hate the US. i am sure palestinians have caused atrocities as well but we all know that more palestinian civilians die for every israeli. and there is no justice. that is why people hate the US and its claim that israel has a 'right to defend herself' and so i say the palestinians have a right to defend themselves.\nanother issue is iran. people hate the US because it is unfair in its foreign dealings. the US deals with whoever they seem to like and not others. thats ok, but sabotaging the sovreinity  of other countries and making assumptions about them is wrong. well iran has said it hates israel n israel says it hates palestinians so its a cycle. u cant say that iran has no right to hate israel just as israel is allowed to despise and 'accidentally' slaughter palestinians. george bush's blindness to the truth is frankly frustrating. sometimes i think that if i ever got my hands on him, i'd spend a whole lifetime educating that guy. there is someone pulling his strings. the US might apparently be the most powerful nation in the world but someone else is pulling the strings of the puppet president bush.\nyou should read this book 'the protocols of the elders of zion' it will give an insight into a different world for you.\ni am not against the jewish people but against corrupt politicians who are doing things wrongly. that is why i hate bush. not the american people, not liberal jews, but the reigning one-sided political situation prevalent in this increasingly ignorant and uncivilized world.
523847
I like President Bush and I think he is doing the best job possible during a period in history that is very difficult and dangerous. I think he will go down in history as one of the better presidents-- not necessarily well liked, but better. There's nothing that says he has to be liked, but he should do the best job that he can, and I think he is doing that.\n\nAs to why people dislike President Bush and slam him so, I think there are several reasons. One is the movie put out by the hatemonger Michael Moore. The man is so filled with bitterness, it is evident that he wants to blame somebody for what hapened, but he seems to be afraid of agreeing with the rest of the world that the perpetrators are the ones who have boasted that they did it.\n\nWhat is even more frightening is that he has convinced others to hate blindly-- all the while pretending that he is fair and unbiased-- so the people he has led into hatred also think they are being fair and unbiased!\n\nThe media have played their part. Good news does not sell newspapers, as an old saying goes, and this is also true of tv news. By selectively choosing polls and slanting questions, it is possible to make the popularity numbers imply almost anything. Once more, let us remember that this is not a popularity contest, but a serious job.\n\nI cringe when I hear people say, "If I was President I'd do this and I'd do that" when it is clear from what they say that they haven't any idea of what the President's powers and responsibilities are.\n\nI have already given several Answers on the topic of the war in Iraq and related subjects; for those who are interested in hearing what I have to say instead of blindly disagreeing with me, I welcome all to check them out instead of repeating myself here.\n\nI will limit my comments to two things. Saddam Hussein did have unconventinal weapons of mass effect; one of the most dangerous was counterfeiting of American currency on the grand scale, which was weakening the American economy. He was trying to do to us what we did to the Soviet Union with our 'Star Wars' spending years ago: cause incredible inflation and eventually bring down the national political system. It was a deliberate attack.\n\nSecondly, Saddam Hussein claimed and boasted of being involved with nuclear research, much as Iran is doing at this very instant. He wanted the entire world to believe that he had or was on the verge of getting nuclear technology. If at any point he wished to reassure the nations of the world, all he had to do was to allow the UN weapons inspections teams into Iraq and let them do their work. He refused. He wanted to control the rest of the world by means of fear.\n\nTo draw an analogy, when a man threatens a cop with a gun, the cop does not have to determine whether it is a real gun or a water pistol. That man is simply bought and paid for; his death is on his own head. If he did not want to take the risk of being shot, he should not have threatened the cop and has no right to complain.\n\nSaddam is an enormously swollen version of a schoolyard bully. He wanted to intimidate the rest of the world into giving in to him, or leaving him alone until he could become even more powerful. \n\nWell, he succeeded in intimidating the rest of the world. But we had a responsibility to see to it that he didn't retain that power, in addition to the ability to attack us economically. He has nobody but himself to blame for prompting us to attack him and remove him from his power base.\n\nIf anything, we should have taken Saddam down back at the time of the first Gulf War. President Bush is, unfortunately, reaping the consequences of the USA being a nation that acts with restraint and adheres to the doctrine of minimum use of force. That is not HIS fault.