In that regard, opinions of both President Bush and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair are negative. Large majorities in every country,
except for the U.S., hold an unfavorable opinion of Bush. Blair is
rated favorably only by a narrow majority in Great Britain but fully
three-quarters of Americans. In contrast, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan is viewed positively in nearly all nine countries surveyed, with
Jordan and Morocco as prominent exceptions.
(pp 3-4)
Confidence in U.S. Undermined
At least half the people in countries other than the U.S. say as a
result of the war in Iraq they have less confidence that the United
States is trustworthy. Similarly, majorities in all eight of these
countries say they have less confidence that the U.S. wants to promote
democracy globally.
The erosion of confidence in the U.S. � in its trustworthiness and its
commitment to promote democracy � is particularly apparent in Germany
and France. Compared with the other countries surveyed, more people in
Germany and France say as a consequence of the war they have less
confidence that the U.S. is trustworthy (82% Germany, 78% France).
And nearly eight-in-ten French respondents (78%) � a higher percentage
than any other country surveyed -- say that because of the war they
have less confidence that the U.S. is intent on promoting democracy
around the world. Seven-in-ten Germans agree.
The British express more confidence in the United States on these
issues than do people in other nations, with about four-in-ten (41%)
saying that as a consequence of the war they have more confidence that
the U.S. wants to promote democracy globally; slightly more British
(45%) say they have less confidence that the U.S. is intent on
promoting democracy. But the British take a far more negative view of
U.S. trustworthiness. Just 24% say they have more confidence that the
U.S. is trustworthy as a result of the war while 58% say they have
less confidence.
(pp 14-15)
Majorities in every country surveyed except the U.S. have an
unfavorable opinion of President Bush, with negative ratings ranging
from 57% in Great Britain (with 39% favorable) to 85% negative in both
France and Germany. Six-in-ten have an unfavorable view of Bush in
Russia, and two-thirds (67%) feel this way in Turkey. Feelings about
Bush are nearly unanimously negative in Jordan (96% unfavorable) and
Morocco (90%), and are nearly as low in Pakistan (67% unfavorably, 7%
favorable, 25% no opinion).
(pg 21)
larry
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:52:45 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Boy :) Sam, the number of times I have looked at one
> > of your links and
> > come back and said yanno, this is not at all
> > relevant to what you are
> > saying, or refuted some poisonous right-wing
> > argument
> Poisonous right-wing argument? Don't you get it?
> That's what I here from you all the time. Poisonous
> left-wing arguments. By shining some facts on your
> flawed theories you turn it around
> and call my view poisonous.
> And my links are always relevant so I don't know why
> you'd say that.
>
> > (ie Canadians
> > don't want "American-style" health care therefore
> > 85% of them are
> > anti-American)
> Now where did you get that? Who ever said anything
> about "American-style" health care? The link I gave
> about the Canadians poll stated 85% wanted Bush to
> lose.
> I went on to say that the Canadian journalist on the
> O'Reilly Factor said it's not Bush they don't like
> it's Americans.
>
> > I find it really really hard to see
> > you as the voice of
> > reality here. Sorry.
>
> np. I would never expect you to take my view
> seriously, you seem to have a hate towards anyone not
> Liberal.
>
> -sm
>
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