The U.S. Seen Through Muslim Eyes

May 23, 2007
The U.S. Seen Through Muslim Eyes

When it comes to renovating America's image in the greater Islamic world,
the news is not getting any better.

An extensive, new public opinion survey conducted in four predominantly
Muslim countries finds not only that hard feelings toward the United States'
global role persist but that something more ominous is happening as well: Large
majorities believe that the United States is in some kind of a war against
Islam itself.

Roughly 8 in 10 people surveyed in Egypt, Indonesia, Morocco, and Pakistan
agreed that the United States is trying to "weaken and divide the Islamic
world." Bush administration officials, including the president, have frequently
said that they are doing nothing of the sort, and that they respect Islam as a
great religion. These views are particularly troubling since they come from
four countries that, traditionally, have had good relations with the United
States and that play an outsize role in the politics of the Islamic world.

I'm not sure why we have a congress anymore. Here we have absolute proof
that someone in the Justice Dept. lied under oath and I can't find a single
story about impeachment. We've never witnessed a more neutered and cowardly
congress in our history. They fund a war they know is and always was based on
lies and they let the Attorney General and his cronies lie to them under oath.
The Constitution is not safe with these sissies in power.