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Poll Shows Arabs' Dislike For US
BBC ^ | April 15, 2008 | Kim Ghattas

Posted on 04/16/2008 9:07:31 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die

Eight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US, according to a new poll. By extension, governments supported by the US are unpopular, found the survey, which was released in Washington.

A recent BBC World Service survey found views of the US had started to improve by 4% globally, although they remained negative in the Arab world. Only 6% of Arabs believe the US troop surge in Iraq has worked, according to the latest poll.

It was carried out by the University of Maryland and Zogby International. A majority of Arabs believe that if US troops withdraw from Iraq, Iraqis would be able to bridge their differences, the survey found. In contrast, an ABC/BBC poll conducted in Iraq and released in March, appeared to show a 20% increase in the numEight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US, according to a new poll.

By extension, governments supported by the US are unpopular, found the survey, which was released in Washington.

A recent BBC World Service survey found views of the US had started to improve by 4% globally, although they remained negative in the Arab world. Only 6% of Arabs believe the US troop surge in Iraq has worked, according to the latest poll. It was carried out by the University of Maryland and Zogby International. A majority of Arabs believe that if US troops withdraw from Iraq, Iraqis would be able to bridge their differences, the survey found.

In contrast, an ABC/BBC poll conducted in Iraq and released in March, appeared to show a 20% increase in the number of Iraqis who felt the surge was succeeding and described the security situation as good.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 21stcenturycrusades; antiamericanism; arabs; arabstreet; culturewar; islam; islamicimperialism; islamicsupremacists; islamonazism; jihad; mediabias; muslims; thegreatsatan; us; zogby; zogbyism
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To: freerepublic_or_die

“We will take your filthy infidel money, yes yes, but we will spit on it before spending it.”


41 posted on 04/16/2008 9:28:43 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: freerepublic_or_die

Excellent news for this country! The feelings are MORE than mutual. Hopefully this means those who hate us will not want to bring their sorry selves over here to live, AND convince those who don’t hate us not to come here also.


42 posted on 04/16/2008 9:28:51 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: freerepublic_or_die

Considering the nearly universal depravity of political, cultural, and moral ideas and practices that prevail in those countries, it would actually be far more disturbing if they DID approve of the USA, at least during times when we have a government that is not led by perfect weasels like Jimmy Carter and his ilk.


43 posted on 04/16/2008 9:29:10 AM PDT by Enchante (Obama: You dumb ignorant "typical white people" should learn to say "God D--n America!")
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To: freerepublic_or_die
Poll Shows Arabs' Dislike For US

Only the LEFT in this nation gives a $h.t!!

45 posted on 04/16/2008 9:31:56 AM PDT by PISANO
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To: Slapshot68

Da feelin’ is mootchal!


46 posted on 04/16/2008 9:32:56 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The women got the vote and the Nation got Harding.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die
80% hate us, yet some "great thinkers" still believe that democracy will bring positive transformation to the region. You cannot fix cultural inferiority, tribalism, and magical-thinking with democracy. And you cannot fix these problems with development and economic stability (look at Saudi Arabia - very rich but just as demented as Yemen). Yet we continue to make these folks rich...

The anomalies, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, are successful because they are 3/4 expatriates. That's the truth, sorry folks.

47 posted on 04/16/2008 9:33:16 AM PDT by M203M4 (True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
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To: freerepublic_or_die

What is the reason to post this? Is there anyone on the forum that doesn’t know how these animals feel about us and could give a sh$t less.


48 posted on 04/16/2008 9:33:17 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“They hate the West. Why do they continue to come over here ?”

To change us, Eric. They screwed up their world, now they’re here to screw up yours.


49 posted on 04/16/2008 9:39:50 AM PDT by AuntB ('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I think my tagline applies here.


50 posted on 04/16/2008 9:40:51 AM PDT by Menehune56
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To: freerepublic_or_die

We’re making them filthy rich, and they still hate us.

Maybe we can improve our relationship if we just nuke them all.


51 posted on 04/16/2008 9:41:39 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: freerepublic_or_die
In other news, the sun rose in the east today.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

52 posted on 04/16/2008 9:41:57 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

This is hilarious. I just spent 2 months in Cairo, the Palestinian territories and Tunisia.

I’d say about 90 per cent of the folks I met had only good things to say about the US. Most of them did not like GW Bush but made a point to distinguish between the president and the country itself.

Fair enough. These polls are garbage.


53 posted on 04/16/2008 9:44:41 AM PDT by stravinskyrules (Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
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To: freerepublic_or_die
Eight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US...

Well, most Americans have a negative view of the Arab world, so the feeling is mutual.

54 posted on 04/16/2008 9:44:45 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: freerepublic_or_die

Let’s invent free fusion power and see if the like us any more!


55 posted on 04/16/2008 9:47:10 AM PDT by 50sDad (Liberals: Never Happy, Never Grateful, Never Right.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

“Eight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US, according to a new poll.”

Great news!! That means that we only have to kill 8 out of 10 of these puss pockets of mankind.


56 posted on 04/16/2008 9:47:10 AM PDT by Gator113 (Hey Democrats, "I drink your milkshake.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
They hate the West. Why do they continue to come over here ?

Maybe it's like Hobbits...only the insane ones travel. But then again, "insane" would be by appyling the standards of their whole society, so the reverse answer is "Except for terrorists, only the sane ones come to America."

57 posted on 04/16/2008 9:49:33 AM PDT by 50sDad (Liberals: Never Happy, Never Grateful, Never Right.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

They should worry more about what we think of them. They are just lucky we are as civilized and decent as we are, because in the days of the Roman Empire or even the British Empire, the Arab world would have been punished most grievously for its support of terrorism.


58 posted on 04/16/2008 9:53:27 AM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die
Eight out of 10 people in the Arab world have a negative view of the US

In other news... Sky blue... Grass Green... Pope Catholic... Cubs not in World Series... Film at 11.

59 posted on 04/16/2008 9:56:29 AM PDT by rock_lobsta (Not Your Ordinary Crustacean.)
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To: stravinskyrules

Anyone who has traveled extensively knows that the world view of the US cannot be reduced to “love or”hating” the US.

Too many citizens of other countries have relatives or friends in the US, thus their views of America are complex...yes, nuanced.

Many hate our government but love the people; many respect our ideal yet hate the policies; most are jealous of our Constitution.

One of the most vocal defenders of he US was a Palestinian man I had dinner with in the West Bank. In the same conversation (argument)he launched into a tirade against the president and our bias toward Israel then later broke down in tears when he went on to defend the American ideal of freedom when he recounted the good life his relatives were able to build after immigrating to the US.

It was indicative of the complex relationship many people have with us.


60 posted on 04/16/2008 9:57:24 AM PDT by stravinskyrules (Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
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