Bush Foreign Policy Continues to Alienate Friends and Enemies Around the World

Interview with Stephen Damours, author of "America The Almighty: The Maverick Superpower," conducted by Scott Harris

A new poll published on March 28 found that far fewer Australians had a positive view of the United States as compared to other nations and groups such as China, France and the United Nations. Alarmingly, Australians -- a people who have long been staunch allies of the U.S. -- were evenly divided on whether American foreign policy or Islamic fundamentalism presented a greater threat to the world today.

Last year, a survey conducted in European and Arab nations by the Pew Global Attitudes Project found increasing hostility toward America and its foreign policy. The public opinion poll revealed that since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, anger at America had intensified among the people of France, Germany and Britain. In Muslim countries, resentment against the U.S. was found to be pervasive. Critics maintain that antipathy toward the U.S. in much of the world illustrates the damage done to America's standing by President Bush's unilateral and militaristic foreign policy since the September 11th terrorist attacks.

With President Bush's appointment of John Bolton to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations despite his long record of hostility toward the world body, concern is growing about the direction of America's foreign policy in the president's second term. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Stephen Damours, a former officer with the U.S. State Department and author of the book, "America The Almighty: The Maverick Hyperpower." Damours assesses the global repercussions of the Bush administration's neo-conservative driven foreign policy.

For more information, visit Damour's website at www.americathealmighty.com

Related links:

"UK: Firestorm Over Illegal War Grows," Associated Press, Mar. 24, 2005 "Bush's Approval Rating Hits New Low For His Presidency," Knight Ridder, Mar. 25, 2005

"U.K. Lawmakers Accuse U.S. Of Grave Rights Violations," Reuters, Mar. 24, 2005

"A Year After Iraq War, Mistrust of America in Europe Ever Higher, Muslim Anger Persists," Pew Research Center, March 14, 2004

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