"United States President George W. Bush is the man G8 protestors love to hate. US citizens who oppose Bush's policies are increasingly making themselves heard, and Europeans are listening."Their president is the main hate figure of these G8 protests; his administration seen as responsible for the lack of commitment to climate change accords, the wars that rage around the world and the eradication of human rights. George W. Bush is not welcome here. But how are the US citizens who have traveled to demonstrate received?
"'The response we've had from other protestors has been good, but we really didn't expect anything different," said Minou Arjomand, a native New Yorker now living in Berlin. "People hear us speaking English with an American accent and they're all like, 'hey, it's so cool that you're here.' I'm not sure how many people have actually flown here from the States -- it's expensive and hard to justify in terms of environmental impact -- but there are a lot of ex-pat Americans from around Europe at the G8."
Found on Cursor.org
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