[Abarricoss]

People keep saying that the US is growing isolated, but is that true? America may have a more negative image than in past years, but I don't think anyone can say we are "isolated".

People need to understand that negative image does not translate into isolation. The US maybe isolated on certain issues such as the war in Iraq, but as a whole I don't think we are as isolated as eurosocialist and bcbailey want so desperately to believe.

The US and Europe have cooperated quite a bit on terrorism as well as other less prominent issues, despite the less than friendly atmosphere between the two right now.

Now to be sure there are issues between the "world" and the US. They range from the economic to terrorism related issues to the environment. But I thinkwe should keep in mind that each nation has its' own agenda and they don;t automatically aline themselves with us or with another block of nations.

All this talk about the "world" being against us is pure rubbish. They may not agree with cewrtain elements of our policy and they may not evne like our culture, but that doesn't mean that they are necessarily "against us" or that we are isolated from the rest of the planet. Plenty of countries still regard us in well enough esteem that we can repair the damage done by the BA relatively quickly.

Europe-canada and the Middle East, on the otherhand, are going to be ongoing conflicts. Cultural differences between the US and the those regions are rather large right now.