Reply #3: The perspective iterated by the author of this article...

[Spazito]

is one shared by many outside of the US. The damage the bush cabal has done to the US in terms of it's power and influence internationally is not temporary. The belief, earned or not, that the US was one of the "good guys" no longer exists and, even with the Democrats now in control of Congress, all actions taken by the US government will now, and for the foreseeable future, be viewed with intense suspicion at the very least, imo.