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06.23.05
U.S. Image Up Slightly, But Still Negative
American Character Gets Mixed Reviews




Anti-Americanism in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, which surged as a result of the U.S. war in Iraq, shows modest signs of abating. But the United States remains broadly disliked in most countries surveyed, and the opinion of the American people is not as positive as it once was.


Full report at the Pew Global Attitudes Project

The Iraq war remains the leading source of anti-American attitudes despite diplomatic efforts to counter that image.
Kyodo News

The poll, which was released Thursday, found suspicion and wariness of the United States in many countries where people question the war in Iraq and are growing wary of the U.S.-led war on terror.
ABC News

Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Global Attitudes Project, said that 16,766 people in 16 nations were interviewed for the project's fourth international survey since 2002. He said America's image has slipped primarily because of the war in Iraq and has shown little sign of improving since it began, either in Europe or in Muslim nations.
Toledo Blade

People in other countries who had unfavorable views of the United States were most likely to cite Bush as the reason rather than a general problem with America.

Madeleine Albright, the secretary of state when Bill Clinton was president, said big majorities of the public in these countries are discontented with Bush "and say Bush's re-election has made them view the United States less favorably."
MSNBC

People in most countries were more inclined to say the war in Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place. Non-U.S. residents who had unfavorable views of the United States were most likely to cite Bush as the reason rather than a general problem with America.
CNN

This reminds me of Bush supporters that refuse to see the reality of what this administration has wrought. Bush and his minions destroyed our international support, put our country into the worst debt in our history with no improvement in sight for our children and grandchildren, increased by five million in the US those who no longer have health insurance, initiated religious based laws, started the war in Iraq on misinformation that have so far cost our country 1,700 military lives and almost 200 billion dollars, reduced and cut benefits for our veterans, took away control of our schools from local school boards to the federal government with mandates not paid for, and instituting laws that intrudes into our privacy. How Americans can continue to support this incompetent and destructive administration is a mystery left for future historians.