U.N. debate marked by anti-U.S. sentiment

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14960588/


U.N. debate marked by anti-U.S. sentiment
Early days of General Assembly talks underscore troubled American image

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• Bush faces week of criticism at U.N.
Sept. 22: Overseas leaders critical of President Bush, including the presidents of Iran and Venezuela, launched verbal assaults at the United Nations General Assembly. NBC’s David Gregory reports.


Updated: 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS - The hallmark of this year’s U.N. General Assembly debate has been the heavy anti-American tone from not only its rivals like Iran and Venezuela, but also a host of more moderate nations, a trend underscoring the United States’ troubled image in the world.

One after another, speakers in the General Assembly have lamented a world gone wrong — renewed turmoil in the Middle East, a wider gap between rich and poor, anxiety about human rights abuses. While the U.S. is not mentioned often, the reference is clear.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for example, accused powerful nations of failing to solve the Middle East conflict, and argued a more equitable world is in rich nations’ interests — “as long as they do not make the mistake of ignoring the hideous cry of the excluded.”

[William Seger]

1. This country...

... will not recover from the Bush* administration anytime within the next generation. "Conservatives" whe think it doesn't matter what the rest of world thinks of us aren't simply self-centered; they're short-sighted and stupid. It will definitely make a difference, and not for the better.

[bemildred]

2. Anti-Americanism Is Providing a Glue

WASHINGTON — The outpouring of anti-American rhetoric at the United Nations this week is demonstrating how anger at the United States is uniting the developing world in a way not seen since the 1980s, U.S. officials and analysts say.

Leaders such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Sudan's Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are divided by background and political philosophies, but they spoke as one at the General Assembly regarding perceived U.S. bullying and misdeeds.

Chavez denounced the "imperialist empire," Ahmadinejad railed against U.S. officials' pretensions to be the "rulers of the world," and Bashir complained about powerful intruders trampling his country's sovereignty.

"There's a new sense of the oppressed versus the oppressor," said a senior U.S. official, who asked to remain unnamed. "What they have in common is their hatred of the U.S., and it's created this solidarity across Third World lines."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-anti22sep22,1,2275682.story?coll=la-headlines-world

[burrowowl]

3. Noooooo! Really!?

Why am i not surprised?