Guardian Utd (Friday): Poll reveals world anger at Bush

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Guardian Unlimited
Dated Friday October 15

Poll reveals world anger at Bush
Eight out of 10 countries favour Kerry for president
By Alan Travis, home affairs editor

George Bush has squandered a wealth of sympathy around the world towards America since September 11 with public opinion in 10 leading countries - including some of its closest allies - growing more hostile to the United States while he has been in office.
According to a survey, voters in eight out of the 10 countries, including Britain, want to see the Democrat challenger, John Kerry, defeat President Bush in next month's US presidential election.

The poll, conducted by 10 of the world's leading newspapers, including France's Le Monde, Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Canada's La Presse, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Guardian, also shows that on balance world opinion does not believe that the war in Iraq has made a positive contribution to the fight against terror.

The results show that in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Japan, Spain and South Korea a majority of voters share a rejection of the Iraq invasion, contempt for the Bush administration, a growing hostility to the US and a not-too-strong endorsement of Mr Kerry. But they all make a clear distinction between this kind of anti-Americanism and expressing a dislike of American people. On average 68% of those polled say they have a favourable opinion of Americans.

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He is a uniter. He has united the rest of humanity agaisnt us.

[kcwayne]

1. Republicans don't give a damn if the world approves of Americans or

American policy. They consider that to be too "French".

If the US elects that moron to another term, travel in foreign lands will be much more hostile. Some of it may be small things such as rudeness, some of it may include abduction and murder.

Does anyone remember how they felt about meeting white South Africans in the US in the 80's and 90's. I know I was decidedly cool to the ones I met, knowing that behind that smiling face was someone that I probably could not trust and certainly could not respect because of the racist views I thought they probably harbored.

When they told me they were from South Africa I would just sort of look at them and say, "Really?"

[Catfight]

2. Worst President EVER and most hated! Down with Bush