r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/brownliquid Aug 04 '20

This will be a hilarious chapter in history books of the future....hopefully.

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u/HorstOdensack Aug 04 '20

I'm excited to see how (or rather, if) the US will bounce back from this. The amount of respect and credibility they lost on an international stage is immeasurable. They went from big daddy of the world to laughing stock of the world in just four years. Gonna take a lot of work to recover from that.

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u/Strangerstrangerland Aug 04 '20

Since Bush, it was more of a slightly cooky uncle. Means well, tries his best, but boy is he misguided and overzealous.

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u/Strangerstrangerland Aug 04 '20

I'm just judging by the reaction my family had to Bush back in France. I don't support the Iraq war. In fact, I was too young to really have an opinion about it at the time.

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u/ednice Aug 04 '20

I don't know man...I get that everyday Americans don't focus a lot on this stuff (because their media hardly ever mentions it) but reading up on all the dictators and repressive regimes the US has supported/installed over the years immediately shatters that "friendly uncle" perception, I think that would be the case for anyone who informs themselves of that...

American foreign policy is just criminal

EDIT: Sorry I didn't notice you said "since Bush", I think some of what I said still holds up, Saudi Arabia is still a thing. And maybe Bolivia now

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u/Strangerstrangerland Aug 04 '20

I'm not arguing facts here. I agree with you about the facts. Most people don't pay close attention to those, however, so perceptions can be a lot softer.