Do you support President Bush or are you against him?

*sigh* Americans. Now, I'm not supporting wars but no matter how much we scream and shout, there will always be a war going on somewhere, be it small or big. Victory is only a short intereggnum before the next war. In President Bush's case, let's look at this with some empathy, He is the leader of the US right now. If he did not go to war with Afghanistan and Iraq, many too will blame him for not doing anything about the people who were killed during 9/11. Now it may be said that it's all about the oil and that there aren't any nuclear weapons there but so what? It may be about oil but the US is the only country in the world that could go to war and gain a country, along with it's oilfields (barring the brits..back in the day) and who's to say there aren't any nuclear weapons there? If they have uranium, they have nuclear weapons. It is necessary for US to reaffirm themselves as the 'big brother' lest they lose their credibility. I think we all need to cut Bush some slack. He's a politician afterall. That being said, we should all offer a prayer for those who lost their lives at war and/or because of the war. My condolences to all those family members who have lost their children/brother/husband/sister because those are the real casualties of war.

It was very hard talking to some of my American friends just before the war in Iraq because I was against it and the feeling in the country ta the time was that there were links between Iraq and 9/11 and weapons of masss destruction. It didn't really matter how much I put across my views citing facts, it was seen as anti-American. Look at how the French were ridiculed and hated just because they disagreed with goign into Iraq - even to the point of French fries being renamed "Freedom Fries". This is hysteria in my view. And also, it was seen that if you were against the war, you were also against the troops. However, now that things are clearer about all the stuff that has been going on behind the scenes, they've done an about face. So be honest people - who here has done an about face - and have you learned anything at least in this exercise - ie. how easily you can be manipulated by media, using fear to believe something that is not true and how dissent can be wrongly interpreted as not loving your country.

Thats how I feel and Ive always been against having him as president. I didnt vote for him sometimes I get a feeling about people that something is just not right with them and it turns out Im always right. Now that war in Iraq has been a mistake from day 1. If we continue the way we are going we are going to in for a rude awakening.

Would take Bush over Clinton YUCK and Gore YEEE..Hopefully the country does get a better choice this next time. Sometimes it is the lesser of the evils presented. Like this site there is a formula used to plot out the votes (like our earnings) so that the election has the chance to go better. Electronic voting may become a nightmare! The war, we did some of what we should be done with now. There are other factions becoming a larger threat. We are busy in Iraq. We have been lied to and misled for years. Nothing new this time. Glad we can agree and disagree and stay cordial, thanks for creating this discussion.

Just before I left Fort Hood to start my tour in Germany we were already changing from jungle green to desert tan. This was in 1976. Don't try laying all of this on Bush. We have known for years that our next series of conflicts would be in desert areas. This was about the same time that Iran thought it would be a good idea to take a few hostages. With the knowledge that we now have, I don't think we went into Iraq for the right reasons. Saddam was pulling a big bluff on the UN and the rest of the world at large. He had been sanctioned numerous times by the UN, but they don't have the courage of their convictions. We called his bluff, and we hunted him down like the dog he was. He wound up losing everything because he thought no one could touch him. There were a great many people there who were glad we came and who were glad to be rid of him. The ones who are not, are the ones who used to benefit at the expense of their fellow Iraqis. The other ones are the ones who traditionall are anti American to begin with. Look at the profiles of the replies and you will see what I am saying. As far as the Electoral College is concerned, the electors can vote any way that they want to even if it goes against a popular vote. We have this little thing called a Constitution that says so. As I recall, it was finally determined that Gore actually lost the popular vote by a narrow margin. Where does anyone get the the idea that the Constitution was only written to last 200 years? The Framers of the Constitution allowed for necessary changes by a vehicle known as Amendments. Their biggest fear when they wrote it was that the Judicial Branch would destroy what they were trying to achieve through bad decisions that would then erode the rights and protections that the Constitution provided. If you look back through our history you will find that their fears were justified. Originally, the power was supposed to flow from the people, to the states, and finally to the Federal level. Today it is opposite of that. Income tax is done at the Federal level, states are held hostage by having funding held back unless they comply with the Federal will, and laws are passed without our consent or support. The Constitution was written to set limits on the Federal Government and not bolster it's power. As far as Irag is concerned, Bush may have wanted to go there, but Congress gave the approval to go. They voted on it, and they approved it. Wrong or not, they approved it, so it was not only Bush's decision to go,but theirs as well. Some are trying to say they was misled and now have changed their attitude. Do we really want someone who is so easily fooled running our country? I think not! Finally, it must be remembered that the US is not a democracy in the true sense of the word. The US is a Representative Republic. Instead of 1 person 1 vote, we elect our Representatives and Senators to do our voting for us. That is why some of the decisions they come up with are not what we intended at all. When that happens, the best we can do is hope that we find someone who will work for us the next election.

I need to find a nice wya to say this. Bush has led us into 2 wars 1 in Afghanstan where we will be there for 100 years. No 1 in history has conquered this country and we may with the current Govt hope to subdue the rebels in 30 or 40 years. He then led us into a war with Iraq and invaded I believe with 178,000 troops when the Chief od Staff said to defeat Saddam and comtrol the country we would need 450-500,000 troops. He was demoted by Rumsfield and more pliant person was put into office. We will feel the affects of both invasions for at 25 years and probally out 100 years as the Sunni-Shite civil spreads to many other Middle east Countries. We already see the affects in Lebanon. So in my humble opionion Bush is an Idiot

If it can be proven that they had an underlying reason to go to war with IRAQ especially prior to 9/11 then we should be impeaching them for the lies they told. I don't support the war in IRAQ and I never have. This does not mean I don't support our troops. I do think the current administrations protestations that we are unpatriotic if we disagree with them is and has always been wrong, and unpatriotic of them. We should have focussed on getting the people who attacked us and not lost that focus. Now we are losing in IRAQ and Afghanistan and no one seems to notice. If we fail to follow the Geneva Convention we are telling the world it is okay to treat or mistreat any US citizen any way they choose to do. We need to make it our policy to treat people as we want them to treat our citizens always. We don't need to tell Soldiers that some other rule applies. We have never in our history lost so much of our Bill of Rights as we have under this administration and we need to address this as well. I am particularly upset with the slight of hand that they perform. They state one policy while performing another. They are rewriting policy instead of changing it by legislation. Effectively changing enforcement without getting approval. I am a Republican who used to be proud to say so. Now I seem to be part of a party which sees no problem with bankrupting america and leaving the social agenda disintegrate and have no respect for anyone outside our borders, and, less respect than should be for those within them.

this is a very touchy subject since mylot is from around the world. It would appear that Bush had good intentions, and is the leader of our contry at this time-so support is necessary. I am glad that we will have a new president in the next election. But, if you think the next president won't lie or mislead you, your not very old! That is called politics. Since you feel so strongly about the war, make sure you get out and vote-not just for president, but all of the senate as well. Your vote counts. That is what the USA is about.

Well I'm against him and I was from the start, under his rule countless number of lives have been lost, be it the American soldiers or the Iraqi civilians both had to pay dearly and still they both are suffering. The war started wirh Osama and then it went to Saddam and now judging by the new Iran is in danger. Just because of that America has lost respect in the Middle East and many other countries. So many people had to suffer for one man's cause. The foreign relationship is also in turmoil and Bush is going haywire! I hope that things get back to normal.

Also, it's the people's decision, and from there it's the people's fault. If the people knew that G.W. Bush was inexperienced, and if the people knew he was bad at being a president, then why did they choose him? That didn't make any sense! I mean, why vote for a son-president who has less experience and doesn't know what he's doing than his father-president? It's senseless!

well...i'm also totally against not only Mr.Bush but also the Bush Administration. Actually to open the fact to all the americans, the bush family has a huge profit percentage in weapon developing firms and also the oil companies. The bush administration went to war with iraq to make profits for their own gud at the cost of their own ppls lives :P .... this is butchering ur own ppl and thinking bout ur own interest. Has anyone even realized that on the morning of 9/11, 4000 jews did not show-up....ever wondered why??

I am from the UK and I would always put my support behind Bush, fair enough the way he does things may not always command the support of some Americans but he gets the message across and does what he thinks is right for his country. America needs a president like that due to its power.

As European citizen (Swiss), I don't like your president. I think he is stupid and irresponsible. I don't like the US world politic at all. The Americans are lied to. For me, the main reason for the war in Iraq was economical (oil!!). In the past, the US was supporting Iraq against Iran! Without any economical reason, the US army dosen't bring "peace" anywhere on the planet! I think that Bush politic is very negative for all Americans. American people are less liked in the world since they are fighting in Iraq. The hate against Amis grows world wide and I can understant that. In Switzerland, we have the chance to vote to determine our government and to accept or decline new laws. This is the only authentic democracy in the world.

As an Australian my view of him is probably a bit different(or judging by the responses maybe not), but i think he is stupid, greedy little man who is sacrificing lives for a war his daddy couldn't finish. The sad thing is our government is even worse. They just blindly follow him. I'm not sure if people in other countries are even aware of this, but there is an Australian in Guantanamo Bay by the name of David Hicks. He has been in there for 5 years with no charges bought against him, and our government will do nothing to bring him back. It's disgraceful.

I would have to say I support Bush in what he is doing. What we dont realize is that there are a lot of things going on that we will never know about, because they are secrets. For example, I thought the missle lauches that Clinton sent were to take our minds of monaca lewinski. Time has shown he was actually trying to get osama bin laden. We all need to get off our soap boxes and support our presidents, even if we dont like the.

I support Bush. The rumors that were going around about invading Iraq were going around long before Bush stepped up to the plate. Maybe they became stronger because Bush is stronger and was more likely to actually do something than Clinton? But you know what, I supported Clinton, too. He was president of my country, too. And even if I don't agree with everything someone does, it doesn't mean I shouldn't support them. And if you are against being lied to misled you are probably against any president that we've ever had. If the entire population knew everything that the President knows, there would be panic all the time. Not all people need to know everything. Paranoia is very real, even when people don't have the facts. Giving all the facts will only add to the problem. You or your husband, are now, or were previously, in the military I assume. Did you know everything that was going on on your military base? Of course not, unless you were a commander. Did you rebel and shout about anything that you didn't agree with? Of course not. It's not accepted. There are things that you didn't need to know. It's the same in any organization. Including a country. If you want to know about all the threats and everything, run for office. Become a top dog. Otherwise, just reseach carefully what is known to the general public and make your opinions based on that. And don't believe everything the media tells you. I assure you there is a vast difference in what a military newspaper says and what national news channels say. You have to research both and decide on your own which parts are true of each.

yeah,as we all know bush is a criminal..he hanged saddam for the killing of some 100+ shia's...but what should be the punishment to him for killing the iraq totally,he has distributed iraq into shia and sunni muslims,,he (bush) thinks that he is the king of the world but thats no true..as everybody knows that bush wants to be the only big power in the world ..he will pe punished by GOD very severly, i always pray to GOD(ALLAH) that give punishment to bush so that no other bush should born in this world...he has hanged saddam hussain for killing his country people but bush had killed many much people in almost 6 countries,,as every body knows...thus any body thaught that how he will die...?

I am Austraian , but if I was Americian I would not be !

To many people want to blame Bush for everything that goes wrong in this country. Even the weather, how lame is that. Bush I believe is doing what he believes is write to protect the USA. If we have gotten into office some that has been named I believe that we would be worse shape than we are now. Everyone wants to blame Bush for 911. Hey guys he just got into office. Think about it - who was in charge before him? The comment made about the constitution was wrong. Our nation and constitution was founded on God - the Father of Abraham Issac and Jacob. That is what is wrong with the USA we have kicked God out of everything. Then we wonder why all these disasterous things are happening. Wake up America!

well i'm also against the policies of Bush, it doesnt match with the slogan that this is for peace, and is against terror...