One of the many things we have lost under Bush is "the moral high ground" in international relations.
Our actions in Iraq have undone 200 years of bipartisan brand building. BushCo's foolish calculation that we don't need to be "honorable" provided we are "powerful" has cheapened the "American brand" in the eyes of the world and will be paying for it for generations.
China Lashes Back at U.S. CriticismBEIJING Mar 9, 2006 (AP)Â China on Thursday lashed out against U.S. criticism of its human rights record, saying racial discrimination and crime were still rife in the United States and prisoners were being abused at U.S.-run detention centers abroad.