Bush can improve American image abroad?

Bushdepartingaf1 President Bush is planning to travel widely in 2008 to improve America’s image abroad.
He might do more good by staying home. Bush has cratered America’s standing abroad, even among our closest allies. Consider a recent Pew Center study of attitudes in 47 nations that found “extensive” anti-Americanism. The perception that America acts unilaterally is shared by 89 percent of the French, 83 percent of Canadians and 74 percent of Britons. In the Middle East, America’s reputation is at rock-bottom.
America’s tarnished image is partly caused by the “arrogant bunker mentality” (in Mike Huckabee’s words) Team Bush has shown in its post-Sept. 11 foreign policy.
Bush is going to turn that around in a few trips? Good luck.
Posted by Randy Scholfield