Excited about Iraq invasion.

People, stop putting an "X" at the end of your name. It makes you look gay

I wouldnt say 'excited' but eager to see how some things pan out once we finally engage.

...and all this time I thought it was the black leather chaps and pierced nipples making me look gay! Thanks for the tip! escorpioX

The Pew report is not surprising to me. As an American who travels to Europe great deal I have encountered more than a few discussions condeming the US. The usual reason is that we are perceived as greedy bullies. We are a small fraction of the world's population using a disproportionate amount of the the world's resources. Since GW assumed the presidency we have also become the bullies of the world.

What is forgotten by younger generations is that the US shouldered the vast majority of the costs of defending Europe from the Soviet's from the end of WW2 through the fall of the Soviet Union. This placed US military forces around the world as a prophilatic to Soviet invasion and cost the US taxpayers dearly.

The fact the US has a high standard of living for most of it's population is because we have a less socialist economy than most of western europe. We have lower taxes we also conversely have a very bad safety net. 15% of Americans polled in the Pew survey were hungry, you will not find that in Canada or Western Europe.

I am not wise enough to know what is better but I know that the US government only plans short term and we all have and will paid for that in the future. We lack the maturity of Western Europe.

Oh yeah,,, you misspelled misspelled when you where calling wonton an idiot for misspelling yeah...
How stupid it that

The biggest mass murderer is Ariel Sharon..but very few people know about his unspeakable and horrifying acts when he was a general of the Israeli army in the 80's. And I dont think you'll ever hear a word about that on any US news station.

If people want to start hearing the truth or at least unbiased and unpartisan facts, start watching BBS if you have satelite or read international publications. It is an eye-opening experience.