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World Opinion Does Matter
Mark Eby — (archived)

But it is also subject to manipulation by those without our or the world's best interest at heart. Much of the world is backward with limited sources of information. There are countries such as France and Russia who claimed nobel motives in obstruction with obvious self interest on the line and other interests we discovered only after the war started. We should consider world opinion and seek to improve world opinion of us, but with more eye on the long term than the short term. In the long run selfish motives tend to be exposed and seemingly hopeless goals can be demonstrated or proved false hope. I believe that a democratic and relatively stable Iraq and Afghanistan established through US action could well enhance Muslim opinion of the US in the long run. This is a hope that could prove false, but so did the hope that basically ignoring Al-queida would lead to them fading away.

Regards,
Mark

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