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child of Thor
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Not sure if this is worth some quiet contemplation by our American cousins - or maybe its just anti-american propaganda, what ya think?
Article from BBC News
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Comrade Tassadar
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Commie propaganda.
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DanS
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Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:34
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The irony is that attacks of all kinds against US troops in Iraq enjoy less support among Iraqis than suicide bombings against US nationals in Iraq enjoys among Turks (31% versus 17%).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bs..._iraqsurvey.pdf
Clearly, people in some Arab countries, such as Jordan, have some real f'ed up perspectives.
Last edited by DanS on 18-03-2004 at 00:56
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child of Thor
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Do Americans care how the world views them, or thinks of them? I dont know many Americans well, i bump into them through work from time to time, but i get the impression that they are mostly nice well mannerd people who might be alarmed at the thought of such world wide opinion?
I might be totaly wrong about this - which might make these kind of polls more depressing.
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DanS
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Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:34
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quote:
I might be totaly wrong about this - which might make these kind of polls more depressing. |
If Iraq is any indication, Americans care, but it hasn't changed their opinions.
Or you could take a condescending view toward Americans' opinions, like GePap does.
Last edited by DanS on 18-03-2004 at 01:01
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child of Thor
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quote:
Originally posted by -Jrabbit
A sad statement. Sadder still that I find it difficult to doubt its accuracy.
When a powerful nation can't enlist the aid, trust, or respect of its allies, it's hard not to read it as a global indictment of its foreign policy.
Looking at record deficits -- both trade and budget -- while seeing my government drop a $billion/day to continue a questionable war while wasting months trying to come up with an exit strategy -- well, it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.
One thing near the end of the article stands out...
While the administration sees the problem per se, they don't seem to understand that the (lack of) content and forethought in their Iraq policy precludes most nations from even considering lending support.
Failure to buffalo world opinion into equating Iraq with Al Qaeda was expected. Making Bin Laden a hero-martyr to the Muslim world was easily predicted. But the seeming inability to react and do something about it in an election year is a continuing mystery. |
Well i'm guessing you're american, and i know we get the odd hardliners from both sides here at poly, still being British and spending the time to look at all our foreign policy gaffs over the centuries(I mean like we killed a lot of maybe mostly innocent civillians all over the world in our 'empire' days) - it does seem to me America is basicaly doing the same, its been much more covertly done for the most part of the modern era, through finacial means etc. But its definately stepping up a gear.
I think its a bad move with predictable outcomes. The 'natives' (to coin a historical phrase) have got smarter and better trained(by America+Europe), so it just seems to be a no-win strategy - unless your trying to create an Orwellian(1984) ruled state(fear and terror keeping your populace maluable kinda thing).
On a personal note I want to love America - its just behaving like a rather flirtsome spouse at the momment 
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18-03-2004 00:37
, the underlying poll (and the previous ones done by the Pew Center) answers your criticism by looking at what foreigners think about other countries in comparison to what they think about the US.
ACK!
jk.
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