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For seven years, President George W. Bush has managed to incarnate and reinforce all the prejudices and negative stereotypes the world has of the United States. He has antagonized the world more than any other American head of state before him, seriously damaging America's "soft" power by inefficient and excessive use of its "hard" power.

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