It's all but axiomatic that the United States' standing in the world has been dealt a critical blow by the misrule of King George II. As an example, on 9/12/2001, France's newspaper Le Monde ran a headline reading "Nous Sommes Tous Americains" (We are all Americans); does anyone dream that such international sympathy would be elicited today after Bush's clear disdain for the world community?