Is The Whole World Against Us?

If you believe what you read you will discover that most of the world is against us - is this the case or are many simply upset over Iraq? I have my own opinion about why many are upset about Iraq - since it was the cash cow for many country's politician and bankers.

But, it appears the US has support for some of it's War on Terror worldwide initiatives. This story highlights one such initiative that is supported by the world's governments. In addition, these actions have had some success and to my surprise, I don't really remember much being said about it. Some excerpts:

More than 60 nations -- including Russia and France, two key opponents of the Bush administration's policy toward Iraq -- are supporting the 19-month-old Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The global effort to halt arms proliferation has also gained favor from the United Nations.
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The one action made public was the Oct. 4, 2003, seizure of the German-flagged ship BBC China that was on its way to Libya with equipment for Moammar Gadhafi's covert nuclear-arms program.

A U.S. warship forced the ship to divert to Italy. On board, investigators found containers of uranium-enrichment equipment. That discovery led to the unraveling of the covert nuclear supplier network headed by Pakistani Abdul Qadeer Khan that stretched from Germany to South Africa to Malaysia.

The network had supplied nuclear-weapons materials to Libya, Iran, North Korea and others.

PSI, launched by President Bush in May 2003, was an outgrowth of the administration's effort to prevent weapons of mass destruction from reaching terrorists.

Its core participants include the governments of the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and Britain.

I admit I might have missed this story - but it does seem to be big news since the criticisms of the Bush administration failures(?) to do anything to stop North Korea and Iran's nuclear programs - seems Bush policies not only struck a blow but was supported by those countries that supposedly hate us. (Store here)