Poll Shows Arabs' Dislike For US

BBC ^ | April 15, 2008 | Kim Ghattas

[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.

[freerepublic_or_die]

What can you expect from a society that lives on, off past glories of its former heyday? What can you expect from a society that lives off the fantasies of a newly resurgent Muslim empire with the Caliphate restored, whose mindset, views of the world still mired in the 7th Century? What can you expect from a society the UN has reported to be dead last in every economic, social category level, poverty, illiteracy, whose GDP for the entire region, with the exception of oil, is less than that of the Netherlands? What can you say about a society that looks outward for what serves as the ultimate scapegoat for all the ills that overwhelming define their society as abject failure?

The US perfectly fulfills their need to blame everything that represents their society as the failure it is like nothing else.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Back at ya, Arabs, with interest!

[Slapshot68]

Feeling’s mutual.

[cartan]

How much did that poll cost?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

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

[denydenydeny]

What's the word I'm looking for? Ah, here it is...

Main Entry: mu·tu·al

Pronunciation: \ˈmyü-chə-wəl, -chəl, -chü-əl; ˈmyüch-wəl\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle French mutuel, from Latin mutuus lent, borrowed, mutual, from mutare to change — more at mutable Date: 15th century

1 a: directed by each toward the other or the others b: having the same feelings one for the other c: shared in common d: joint

[RexBeach]

We’re the big dog in the neighborhood, and they aren’t.

Simple as that.

They also can’t lick Israel. That makes them crazy.

[Dane]

Now if we could only get Rush elitists on FR, to stop kissing the ring of the saudi’s and not think that alternative energy is akin to kissing al gore’s ring, that would be a breakthrough.

[dfwgator]

As long as they fear us.

[BallyBill]

“Dislike” is too kind a word for my return feelings.

[edcoil]

Then how come they all want to live and go to school here and not in the dump they live.

[#1CTYankee]

Somebody needed a poll to figure this out?

[nikos1121]

Ask us if we actually give a sh*t.

[R_Kangel]

"Poll Shows Arabs' Dislike For US"

This truly comes as an absolute shock to me!

I thought the people that wish us dead loved us.

Go figure.

[Williams]

OK they don't think the surge has "worked". But it has worked.

Most of them do not live in free countries, for example in a dictatorship like Syria they would be terrified to tell a pollster the truth.

And while they may view us "negatively" most of their governments cooperate with us, many rely on us for national survival.

I suspect this poll is an effort to compensate for the fact the rest of the world keeps electing pro American conservative governments. Italy, Germany, France, South Korea, - the list goes on.

[OB1kNOb]

[Dr.Zoidberg]

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

It's a long term enemy infiltration plan.

[Always Right]

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.

The people's idea of the surge working in Iraq, is that it creates a safer environment for them to live. the surge working to other Arabs means America is losing and al Quaeda is winning.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Bingo! Only the Obamakins are deeply troubled.