[corolaelwis]

The majority want the US out of Iraq. The majority want affordable and equitable health care. The majority want the governments to do something about global warming/pollution. The majority want what the leaders have never given them.

So why is it we re-elected Bush and Cheney and Britain re-elected Blair? That Howard has won lection 4 times and Japan re-elected Kouzumi? And those just the record breaking election victories to talk of.

You yourselves voted for a conservative government that wants to pull out of Kyoto and wants closer relation with D.C.

Prodi resigned becasue the Italian senate voted against his foreign policy decision to agree to the construction of a US military base. He did not resign because of pressure from the right, he resigned because of pressure from the left.... you misread that story entirely.

Nope, i know that's why he resigned, my point was his foreign policy fiaco was because his own party wouldn't let hm be close to the U.S. where as when Silvio did it with a similarish majority in the Senate on he other side he actually maaged to go as far as keeping troops in Iraq for 3 whole years.

You are in the minority, Traveller.

Look you and Mexico just elected conservative governments, as did Japan and Australia and Britain loks likely to folow suit in the next generalnot to mention Chirac's failures in France don't seem to stop his hardlined interior minister from defeating the left in France, yet again! Germany, Poland, the Ukraine, Romania and others have centre right governments...the wold is moving further and further towards conservatism.