-Caveat Lector- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American opinion makers differ sharply with foreign colleagues over whether U.S. policies were a major cause of the Sept. 11 attacks, with a majority of non-Americans believing such policies were responsible, a major opinion poll said on Wednesday. The Pew Global Attitudes Project poll found that only 18 percent of American respondents believed U.S. policies brought on the attacks, while 58 of non-Americans believed they were responsible.
The poll question did not specify which "policies" were involved. It also found sharp differences between the two groups on whether the war on global terrorism in Afghanistan should be expanded to Iraq and Somalia. Half of American respondents urged the action, while only 29 percent of non-Americans supported expansion. The wide ranging poll questioned 40 Americans and 10 people in each of 23 other nations from Nov. 12 to Dec. 13. The respondents were described as "political, media, cultural, business and government leaders." The poll was conducted in association with the International Herald Tribune newspaper. In another stark contrast of attitudes, 70 percent of Americans believed U.S. support for Israel was a reason why Americans were disliked, but only 29 percent of non-Americans shared that view. The poll said even in Muslim nations only 57 percent of respondents judged U.S. support for the Jewish state as a reason for disliking the United States. However, 73 percent of non-Americans felt the United States was too supportive of Israel while only 35 percent of Americans believed there was too much support. There was almost unanimous agreement between both American and non-American respondents that recent events had not significantly slowed the pace of globalization. The poll said 10 percent of Americans believed globalization was a "major cause" of terrorism while 35 percent said it was a "minor cause." Among non-Americans, 19 percent judged globalization as a major cause and 41 percent as a minor cause. "The spread of American culture through movies, TV and music is at most a minor reason for animosity toward the U.S., according to foreign influentials (opinion makers)," said a statement issued with the poll. http://www.memes.org/article.php?sid=827&mode=&order=0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
