http://cyberhillbilly.blogspot.com/2008/09/who-did-911-poll-highlights-foreign.html September 10, 2008 "Who did 9/11" Poll Highlights Foreign Disdain of U.S.A. The next time someone tells you how poorly the U.S. is viewed abroad consider this: Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, there is no consensus outside the United States that Islamist militants from al Qaeda were responsible, according to an international poll published Wednesday. The survey of 16,063 people in 17 nations found majorities in only nine countries believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people in 2001. [.] In Europe, al Qaeda was cited by 56 percent of Britons and Italians, 63 percent of French and 64 percent of Germans. The U.S. government was to blame, according to 23 percent of Germans and 15 percent of Italians. Respondents in the Middle East were especially likely to name a perpetrator other than al Qaeda, the poll found. Israel was behind the attacks, said 43 percent of people in Egypt, 31 percent in Jordan and 19 percent in the Palestinian Territories. The U.S. government was blamed by 36 percent of Turks and 27 percent of Palestinians. In Mexico, 30 percent cited the U.S. government and 33 percent named al Qaeda. While I believe that America needs to burnish its image abroad to a certain extent, doesn't this poll just highlight the stupidity that we're facing in trying to do so? Can we really blame ourselves for the image problem if only slightly more than half of most Europeans believe Osama bin Laden was responsible for 9/11? A footnote: Check out Reuter's "objectivity" on who was in fact responsible: "U.S. officials squarely blame al Qaeda, whose leader Osama bin Laden has boasted of organizing the suicide attacks by his followers using hijacked commercial airliners. " (As if there's someone else to blame!!) A second footnote: Yay Africa: "The only countries with overwhelming majorities blaming al Qaeda were Kenya with 77 percent and Nigeria with 71 percent." Posted by Cyberhillbilly at 9/10/2008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
