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Global Attitudes Survey reports that Indians lead the world for the most favourable impression of the US — 71% of Indian respondents approved of Washington, followed by 62% Polish, 59% Canadians and 55% Britons. The odyssey that India as a nation and a state has made from the Soviet bear hug of the 1970s to the American eagle’s embrace is a major transformation in world politics. President Bill Clinton’s admonishment of PM Nawaz Sharif and the subsequent Pakistani withdrawal from Kargil in 1999 were major diplomatic events that signalled new equations in the subcontinent. The Indian Cold War-era misgivings about...

The process of self-governance has always been a messy business that is never quite finished. Balancing the varied interests of nearly 300 million citizens from all corners of the earth, all ethnic, religious and ideological backgrounds, brought to America and melded into one society is not easy and it is sometimes downright ugly. But in recent years, our nation has polarized into two very distinct camps and though there are many mild single issue variations within those two camps, the polarizing issues break down to pure pro versus anti-American ideals and sentiments. Today, being pro America--supporting America, its founding principles,...

The process of self-governance has always been a messy business that is never quite finished. Balancing the varied interests of nearly 300 million citizens from all corners of the earth, all ethnic, religious and ideological backgrounds, brought to America and melded into one society is not easy and it is sometimes downright ugly.

For the past month, there has been heavy advertising for a made-for-tv movie on SAT1 Television called "Die Luftbruecke" (this means "The Airlift"). I was skeptical that it would be pro-American. However, I can't believe me eyes: the movie that everyone in Germany is watching tonight...accurately portrays the Americans as doing everything they can to save Berlin from Stalin, and the film is showing many American heroes dying as their planes crash from the chaos. German children are waving and cheering as the American pilots fly overhead...and German women are saying yes to marriage proposals from Americans. Am I in...

War Protests Will Devastate Morale Says VFW Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- News reports about a large anti-war rally in Washington this weekend are deeply troubling to the new national commander of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. "Our concern isn't with fellow Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to be heard," said Jim Mueller, the VFW's new commander-in-chief. "Our concern is how their political protest messages will be perceived by the 2.2 million American military personnel who protect and defend those freedoms daily," he explained. "Our concern is for...

Have you had enough of entertainers and the liberal bias news media bashing President George W. Bush, our military operations, and veterans simply because the Democrats have lost power? Have you tired of the over-reporting of Cindy Sheehan who is destroying her own son's military legacy? Is it time for Sean Penn to stay in acting with his high school diploma instead of trying to be a politician? Are you sick of the mainstream news media reporting bogus liberal bias poll results to attempt to swing public opinion their way? Are you angry at the over-reporting of the military prisoner...

Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan calls her mother's stroke a "devastating blow" that has forced her to leave "Camp Casey" temporarily. She left Crawford, Tex., on Thursday to be by her mother's side, but in a message posted on Michael Moore's website, Sheehan said while she's gone, her fellow protesters will "keep up the pressure on the president to meet with us and answer questions about the war." Sheehan said her 74-year-old mother was rushed to the emergency room of a Los Angeles hospital Thursday afternoon. Patricia Vogel of the anti-war group Military Families Speak Out also issued a statement, saying,...

Harvey M. Sapolsky, who directs the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told some unpleasant home truths to Canadians last month in a full-page article published in the National Post. There has been little response to it, either officially or editorially, and that is significant. "Canada is a security risk to the United States," wrote Sapolsky. "Anti-Americanism is the unstated essence of the modern Canadian identity." But there are reasons for this. After the Second World War, when Canada's historic British connection began to decline, "the threat of being absorbed, not by a conquering but by a...

In south Tehran there is a huge walled cemetery dedicated to the martyrs, the young men who died fighting in the 1979 revolution and the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. This vast city of the dead, complete with its own subway station and shops, does not share Arlington National Cemetery's sublimely stoic aesthetic of identical tombstones, row upon row. In Tehran's war cemetery, each of the fallen is remembered individually with his own martyr's shrine, a sealed glass cabinet on a stand. The cabinets are filled with faded photos of men forever young, some in helmets or red bandannas, some carrying...

May 13, 2005 - 07:38 PM Refugee Group Interview: North Korean Neocons! Defectors, Interviews, Politics, Refugeesby OneFreeKorea a/k/a WonsanGhetto Thanks again to reader Brendan Brown and his North Korean refugee students in Seoul, who have agreed to a second group interview to share their opinions about their homeland and give us a rare--albeit unscientific--glimpse into the perspective of ordinary North Koreans. Undoubtedly, it took great courage for them to discuss matters that could put them or their families at risk. For their protection, I have redacted details that could identify them. Brendan is an Australian national who teaches English to...

The case of John Bolton is about politics (unhousebroken conservatives must be stopped), payback (you tick me off, I'll pick you off) and personality. People who have worked with him allege he is heavy-handed, curmudgeonly and not necessarily lovably so. I don't know him, but I suspect there's some truth in it. Do the charges disqualify him to serve as American ambassador to the United Nations? If reports of his behavior are true--he is tough, pushes too hard, sends pressuring e-mails and may or may not have berated a coworker as he threw paper balls at her hotel door--the answer...

Romania hits back at French 'lecturing'By George Parker in BucharestPublished: April 18 2005 21:38 | Last updated: April 18 2005 21:38 Romania's president has warned France to stop lecturing his country over its close links with London and Washington as he prepares to sign the treaty to join the European Union.  Traian Basescu (pictured) says he wants to form a "special relationship" with the US and Britain to improve security in the Black Sea region, and he also aligns himself with London's liberal economic policies.Mr Basescu's stance has infuriated France, Romania's biggest supporter in the EU, and could exacerbate...

No one gives more than U.S. Americans face unfair criticism over big relief contributions, Peter Worthington writes By PETER WORTHINGTON -- For the Toronto Sun December 31, 2004 The Boxing Day tsunami catastrophe may well be the worst natural disaster in human history. It probably is in terms of lives lost, although one should remember the world's population has gone from under one billion in 1800 to over six billion in 2004 (it's tripled since 1927), so death from disasters keep increasing. When Krakatoa erupted on the Indonesian island of Rakata in 1883, it sent a tidal wave circling and...

WASHINGTON: Following reports that the Bush administration might be supplying F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, the Indian American community has started lobbying with the Congress and the Bush administration to deter Washington from supplying the fighter s to Islamabad. The Daily Times quoted a report as saying that two Indian-American community stalwarts Krishna Reddy and Sudhir Parikh, who co-chair the Indian Congressional Caucus, have begun circulating a "dear colleague" letter through their respective channels to dissuade the Bush administration from going ahead with the plan to supply the jets to Pakistan. It's expected that the letter co-signed by Rep. Gary...

The anti-capitalist america haters at direct-action.net are having a hate america protest September 21st at 6pm at the marriot in downtown East Lansing. If you love this country and want to make these people look like fools then there will be a large pro america rally going on at the same time and same location.

Saturday, August 21, 2004 Bletchley Park's USA Day celebrates American culture Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Thursday, August 19, 2004 MILTON KEYNES, England — Several events are planned to celebrate USA Day at Bletchley Park, the home of World War II codebreakers who cracked the complex German Enigma code.The American Garden Trail at the park will be opened as part of the events that start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.In addition, baseball and American football — complete with cheerleading — will be played. And American food such as hotdogs and Cajun chicken will be available, along with buttermilk pancakes and popcorn.The trail...

Pro-America film festival takes on Hollywood September event to screen conservative movies, documentaries By Ron Strom Has leftist Hollywood met its match? The organizers of a pro-America film festival believe it has, going on the offensive to present and promote conservative movies and documentaries in Dallas next month. The American Film Renaissance hopes its festival will be the opening salvo in a battle to get more patriotic and traditional-values oriented movies produced and seen by the film-going public in the U.S. Using a war analogy, festival president and cofounder Jim Hubbard explains his vision: "Conservatives have been on defense in...

Caption:"U.S. supporters gather in front of the City Hall to stand behind President Bush and his commitment in rebuilding Iraq, Friday, June 25, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun reaffirmed his resolution Friday to join global efforts to fight terrorism with a dispatch of more than 3,000 additional troops to northern Iraq to help rebuild the country despite the recent murder of a South Korean by Iraqi militants. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) "I would have NEVER thought Yahoo News (from AP News) was possible of putting up such a photo. Incredible.

The president of the United States is coming to Paris today. This should be a moment of joy, pride and friendship in these extraordinary days. The president, a wartime commander in chief, is in France to commemorate a sacrifice, to pay his respects to thousands of dead American teenagers who came to our deadly shores to save Europe from Adolf Hitler. I'm French, and I love my country. At the same time, with all my heart, I love the United States of America, and I strongly support its president. When someone dies to save your family, this act of pure...

I know this is a very unserious topic, but I have been looking for a War on Terror/US friendly computer game. I have played "America's Army", but that doesn't really have a plot. I have been a fan of the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series, but I have been REALLY PISSED OFF that Team Rainbow is presented as an arm of the United Nations. Also, frequently enough, the terrorists are neo-Nazis rather than islamofascists. I'm also annoyed at having the option of choosing Europeans from France, Germany or other Iraq-war wimps for my anti-terror forces (though I have sometimes enjoyed...