The seismic shift that midterm elections brought to Washington’s political landscape was welcomed by many Wednesday in a world sharply opposed to the war in Iraq and outraged over the harsh methods the Bush administration has employed in fighting terrorism....teach a president many see as a “cowboy” a lesson in humility.
200 Socialist members of the European Parliament hailed the American election results as “the beginning of the end of a six-year nightmare for the world”
In London's Guardian newspaper, commentator Martin Kettle wrote: "The cheering can be heard not just in America itself but around the planet."
One Frenchman, teacher Jean-Pierre Charpemtrat, 53, said it was about time U.S. voters figured out what much of the rest of the world already knew.
Bush is deeply unpopular in many countries around the globe, with particularly intense opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, the U.S. terror detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and allegations of Washington sanctioned interrogation methods that some equate with torture.
People across the Mideast also reacted swiftly, saying it appeared the U.S. president had paid the price for what many view as failed policy in Iraq.
“President Bush is no longer acceptable worldwide,” said Suleiman Hadad, a lawmaker in Syria
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It's not a good sign when the world celebrates an election like this. I don't know maybe they didn't like Bush and his policies but I could be wrong.
