Posted on 07/03/2006 9:56:09 AM PDT by Mazi83
Britons have never had such a low opinion of the leadership of the United States, a YouGov poll shows.
As Americans prepare to celebrate the 230th anniversary of their independence tomorrow, the poll found that only 12 per cent of Britons trust them to act wisely on the global stage. This is half the number who had faith in the Vietnam-scarred White House of 1975.
Most Britons see America as a cruel, vulgar, arrogant society, riven by class and racism, crime-ridden, obsessed with money and led by an incompetent hypocrite.
American troops are failing either to win "hearts and minds" in Iraq or bring democracy to that country.
More than two-thirds who offered an opinion said America is essentially an imperial power seeking world domination. And 81 per cent of those who took a view said President George W Bush hypocritically championed democracy as a cover for the pursuit of American self-interests.
A spokesman for the American embassy said that the poll's findings were contradicted by its own surveys.
"We question the judgment of anyone who asserts the world would be a better place with Saddam still terrorizing his own nation and threatening people well beyond Iraq's borders.
"With respect to the poll's assertions about American society, we bear some of the blame for not successfully communicating America's extraordinary dynamism.
"But frankly, so do you [the British press]."
So. Our very own DUmmies think the same thing. I suspect the people that go to whatever that website is, are the same kinds of people.
Jealousy and envy that's what it is.
And how do folks all over the world get this warped idea of what America is?
That's right- Hollyweird and the MSM.
Even on kid's shows, the same liberal line is repeated over and over:
The US government is evil
Big business is evil
All politicians are evil crooks
All business executives are evil crooks
Violence is always wrong
Parents are stupid, especially the father
I don't believe the poll.
Sounds like a good description of 19th century Britain! Anyway, the country that gave the world Air Marshal "Bomber" Harris is hardly in a position to lecture anyone about cruelty- so STFU, limeys!
A sutle reminder
We should list all the inventions and discoveries that originated in the US, and compare that list against the rest of the World, Britain included.
Ok.
Like we care?
We'll remember that the next time any future Churchill comes a callin'....if they're capable of producing another Churchill.
However, Europe has as much, if not more, racism than the United States. Europeans are in no position to argue that the United States is racist but Europe isn't.
Also, many European countries, France at least, and many countries around the world would be a real empire if they had the same power the United States has.
Agreed. Like Bill Murray's character said in the movie "Stripes", "We're Americans! Our ancestors were thrown out of the best countries in the world!"
This is more evidence of Europe's 'brain drain' as their best and brightest have been emigrating to the US for centuries now.
Muslim Briton's.
You can't really blame the average Brit for succumbing to the memes of the international left. Heck, if I believed what the Brit and US leftist media said about US culture, it would be hard to draw a different conclusion.
Yeah - The UK doesn't have any class issues. The British lower class know their place - They're not uppity, always trying to improve their lot like Americans.
Polls...Schmolls
As opposed to the kind and gentle British Empire of past centuries? Long before Hitler was a gleam in his fathers eye the British had invented the concentration camp among other things.
Britons see US as vulgar empire builder
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That's why we celebrate the Forth of July!!!!!
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