"People will soon thank Bush for what he's done"

Really? Is this a true possibility? Well, by george, I hope to God it is a possibility. I don't believe selfless Americans wanted the Bush administration to fail or to permanently stain the accomplishments and prestige of the U.S., but at the same time, it's extremely difficult to feel as if that hasn't actually happened.

Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, said these words with true admiration and conviction for both her position and respect for her job and President Bush, but had she had genuine conversations with people who are not directly related to politics? Real citizens of foreign countries who are also fed countless stories of what Bush has done, or not done, in their countries? I, for one, have traveled, and have welcomed conversations in regards to the Bush administration. I was slightly obsessed with what people really thought and felt towards Americans and I got a rude awakening. People abroad have been awaiting change, just like many Americans have... change in the politics, the foreign relations, etc. etc.

Condi might be attempting to mold the end of this administration into one that has been successful.. but it clearly has not been. You may ask that child who knows only what their parents say, or that college student who is influenced by the loudest campus org on campus or colleagues, etc. etc. --either way, we are all ready for change because we've lost brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, cousins and friends in this so-called war. We've dipped into a time that is scarily similar to the 1920s depression and the list goes on.

"And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it's clear that Saddam Hussein's Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it's ever been; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it's ever been; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America, better than it's ever been ... --Condi

I believe it's easy for Condi to say these things because she truly believes them to be accurate, but she needs to leave the White house, she needs to leave the political houses around the world in which "political semantics" rules conversation, and realize that the Bush administration has made life more difficult for me.

Planning for the future, deciding to further my education evermore, moving, working... all of these factors within my life have been effected by the Bush administration and she simply does not get it.

These so-called "relationships" between the US and other countries may seem "stronger, more reliable, positive, etc." but until these relationships effect me in a direct way, I don't believe it or see it as truth.