We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.
I don't care about the internal political system of the United States. I want to be a friend of United States, of its baseball, its institutions, its rock and roll, its workers, and its technology because we need it. I want to be friends of the Arab people, of the Persian people, of the Asian people.
On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'
The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.
We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.
Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.
And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.
I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.
To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
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