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Originally Posted by Direckshun
The Middle East would likely still despise us for a generation or so, even if we took radical steps to reverse our policies there. Deep wounds heal, but they take time.
I think you'd eventually see a sharp drop in the Middle East's disapproval of the United States if that were the case. We simply offer the world too much, and our messages of democracy and self-determination are too attractive.
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Here's my problem with that theory. They last went bat shit at us because of our refusal to dictate what is acceptable speech. That had nothing to do with a middle east policy.