The United States of America may be an encompassing and world superpower, but they are certainly not respected like they wish they were throughout the world and their presence and image within many countries have been shattered basically since events like the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan. Take a relatively Muslim country like Indonesia, now the popular opinion of the U.S.A. has plummeted in the years 2003 and 2004. These findings are displayed in the book Taming American Power by Stephen M. Walt. There has also been a plummeting of favourable opinion throughout many Arab and Muslim nations since the War on Terror, including Turkey, Morroco and Palestine. In order to fight the War on Terror, there should be greater interest in creating a healthy image, not one that should be despised by many would-be terrorists. Having a bad image internationally has not been very kind to the U.S.A.
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