I recently read that in 1945, a Gallop poll reported that 54% of the French expressed disfavor of America.
This after America liberated France from its Nazi occupiers.
Nothing highlights more clearly that we can't expect to be popular with foreign nations, that anti-Americanism is a long-standing matter and not just born under George Bush's presidency, and that Barack Obama's attempt to make America more liked is silly at best and dangerous at worst - dangerous because to the extent Obama appeases world opinion, he is often acting against America's values and interests.
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