A quick profile of how America is viewed globally by its friends.


Here’s something you can shake your head about.



We all know that Bush went hat in hand to call on the Saudis.



To sweeten the meeting, Bush announced a 20 billion armament deal to which the Saudis

agreed.



And why not?



They had all of those American oil dollars gathering dust.



I mean the price of oil has doubled during his administration if memory serves...


Then, in an attempt at reciprocity, Bush asked the Saudi oil minister if they could increase oil production.



And the Oil Minister said that there were sufficient supplies of oil out there, an evident slap at the west.



As of now, Saudi Arabia supplies one third of all OPEC oil.





In another slap in the face for the US in international markets, China refused to bail out Citicorp after it reported losses of ten billion dollars in mortgage investment losses.



Singapore, Kuwait agreed to buy into what we consider American assets.



It seems that we are seeing the results of all those billion dollars in bonuses being handed out to astute Wall Street and Investment Company stakeholders.



All this, while American business is being sold out to foreign interests.



If this is how our friends treat us, how will our enemies react to our slipping status in the world?



Maybe the ”talking heads” haven’t been asking the right questions at these debates?



Something else to think about.



The Committee for Positive Change

Les Aaron

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