[letsgonova19087]

WHOA I wouldn't have guessed those results. Maybe this last plot was the straw that breaks the camel's back. The liberals both here and there should take notice. Play time with terrorists is over.

[mewzilla]

It's a YouGov poll. Consider the source.

[OldArmy52]

Isn't this represent classic bipolar behavior?

[300magnum]

‘The British people now feel that they are in a global war with terrorism, and one that will last ten years or more. But that doesn’t mean they have bought into the American “neocon” view of the future — even though they recognise the threat, and want a more aggressive response from the UK,’ he says. Instead, Shakespeare says, the public would rather that this more robust response from Britain came ‘from within the group of European nations rather than with the United States. They appreciate the scale of the conflict we are in, but see it as safer to be identified with Europe.

Yeah, our friends and allies....

[razorback-bert]

the chattering classes

I like that!

[TChris]

I'm convinced that a big part of the anti-American sentiment of Europeans comes from the poor representation they see from our various entertainers as well as those travelers who can afford to visit Europe. Both groups, professional entertainers and wealthy tourists, are providing only a marginal representation of America. It's likely that representation is a negative one.

Am I completely off base, or is this thinking in the right direction?

[HHFi]

A mere 14 per cent of respondents believe that Britain should continue to align herself closely with the US, against 45 per cent who said that we should position ourselves closer to Europe

You want to be tougher on terrorists, so you want to dump America and work with the French? Good luck with that.

The Brits need to wake up and realize that their bad impression of America stems from two things: the relentlessly negative image of the US being pounded out every day by both the American MSM and their own leftist media, including the BBC (which actually gets tax money to spew its pro-Islamist, anti-US & Israel propaganda) and the fact that doing the tough jobs never makes anyone "popular" with highly self-regarding elites. They'd never deign to be seen with the Roto-Rooter man, but when the sewage is up to their knees, guess who they call?

Bush inherited a giant stable full of horse manure from the previous administration, and the people who loved that administration now blame him for the smell as he has to clean it out. They should instead be eternally grateful that someone finally had the gumption to pick up the damn shovel.

[WOSG]

"Almost three quarters of the British public are now convinced that we are fighting a new world war against extremist Islamic terrorists — and although they may not recognise the names, on this issue at least, most are in the same camp as leading US conservatives such as Eliot Cohen, Norman Podhoretz and Newt Gingrich. The public is also deeply concerned at how this new conflict is developing, with four out of five judging the West to be losing and the terrorists to be winning."
- Wow.

[JasonC]

They understand perfectly, but being cowards they would prefer that the Islamic terrorists murder us rather than them.