What grade would you give Bush foreign policy?

Question

A-F And why.

Do you think we have lost or moral authority on human rights issues?

Answer 1

I don't think we have lost on either. We deposed an cruel tyrant, attacked a terrorist group that murdered 3000 innocent people. Far as human rights is concerned in previous conflicts people like the terrorists we captured would have been tried by military tribunal and if found guilty executed.

Answer 2

Aw, I wanted to give him a Z Minus. Mind you, his foreign policy is only slightly more catastrophic than past US presidents.

Answer 3

We've liberated two countries.  I give it a B+.  There is always room for improvement.  

Answer 4

Z-

Bush & Co. have been dismal failures at everything they have touched.

And yes - we have lost anything resembling moral authority.

Answer 5

An F: for Forgetaboutit!  The policy is based on a cowboy mentality. Shoot first and ask questions later. Iraq is evident of that.  There is no sense of diplomacy, and it is d**k Cheney's interests that are being met at the expense of America's reputation.  

Answer 6

F

- we have indeed lost our moral authority on human rights issues. human rights watch and amnesty routinely raise objections to the way that people are treated at guantanamo and at the foreign rendition centers that we ship people to - countries where torture is explicitly used. this is now how a country concerned with human dignity behaves.

- we have waged a war against a sovereign nation with no provocation and against the wishes of almost every other country. that war has been disastrous for the local population there and for american troops. it has also drained our economy and ballooned our deficit.

- our reckless and imperialist actions in iraq have given other countries the belief that invading other nations is acceptable. i heard a russian commander say on NPR: "if the US can take baghdad, we can take tbilisi." clearly it rings a little hollow when the US tells russia that international aggression is not allowed in the 21st century..

- in general, the bellicose and overly-aggressive attitude the bush administration has taken to foreign policy has destroyed the goodwill that many countries had toward the US after 9/11 and has made us incredibly unpopular on the global stage.