What Bush Means A week ago Thomas Friedman offered his Theory of Everything to explain why the rest of the world hates the US. The concurrent rise of American hegemony and globalization kept the imbalance of power between nation-states in check. Terrorists have no stake in the system and seek an overreaction to invoke a realist scenario. He asked for solutions for this very big problem we have created through abusive hegemony.
There is only one reasonable scenario which could resolve the tension the US has created. Not US-driven peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as further aggression seems inevitable. Simply put, the world hates the new and poential America and could tolerate our previous superior but benevolent role. Bush symbolizes imperialism. Symbols can be scape-goats. Regardless of if you think Bush is doing a good or bad job, his departure would diffuse tension more than any other change or action.
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