Simon Tisdall (Guardian Utd): Don't expect a foreign policy revolution

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Guardian Utd (UK)
Dated Tuesday July 27

Don't expect a foreign policy revolution
By Simon Tisdall

It is said that the eyes of the world will be on John Kerry this Thursday when he formally accepts the Democratic party's presidential nomination in Boston.
But what will those beyond America's shores actually see when the applause fades? The truth is, those who hope a Kerry triumph in November will change the world may be sorely disappointed.
Many in Europe and in the Arab and Muslim spheres certainly ask for little more than that George Bush be denied a second term.
Polls indicate that overseas support for US policy has imploded during Mr Bush's presidency, with a concomitant growth in anti-Americanism. In particular, traditional US "moral authority" has been undermined by civil rights abuses in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay.

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[komplex]

1. Or in other words,

Competency isn't sexy.

[thebigidea]

2. I'm not looking for "revolution," I just wanna be able to sleep at night

... without nightmares of Rummy/Cheney/Wolfie destroying the world.

[struggle4progress]

3. Another four years of Bushista policy would be a catastrophe. eom