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America's Changing Image in the Middle East
Middle Easterners are used to seeing the US as the invincible Superpower, but events in Iraq are changing America's image. Also, stock prices continue to drop, and gay rights and Democratic presidential candidates.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenMiddle Easterners are used to seeing the US as the invincible Superpower, but events in Iraq are changing America's image. Is the Great Satan incompetent after all? What does that mean for governments that depend on US support and for America's own objectives? Also, stock prices continue to drop—in the US, Europe and Asia and, on Reporter's Notebook, gay rights and Democratic candidates last night in Los Angeles.
