On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:44:12 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

rb608 wrote:

... I'm not so
naive as to think much or any of that was purely altruistic; but in
terms of how the rest of the world viewed our actions and motives; I
believe we were, prior to this administration's war, generally seen as
a positive actor more often than not.

Ronny Raygun was almost universally despised outside our borders
and for good reason. The Reagan administration set the gold standard
for American hubris, arrogance and ignorance. Until Shrub came along.

Yeah, and Ho Chi Minh went to his death but with one regret: that the
dratted war kept he and his missus from to continuing to summer with the
Kennedys on the Vineyard...rumor is his last words were "That Teddy...a
couple of drinks and he's such a card...I'll miss tha....ACK!"

And of course it's been revealed that what good ol' Nikita was REALLY
saying while banging his shoe was, "WE LOVE AMERICA!! WE LOVED HARRY!!
And those aren't missile silos, they're refinishing vats so we can help
you guys restore the shine to good ol' Lady Liberty!"...

And who can forget Hitler's rousing and touching, "Frankie D., my
bubalah! Can't we just become the 49th state?" speech at Nuremberg...

Did you guys, like, you know, study any history, at like, you know, a
school, or like, you know, something?

HTH,
R