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Europe cools towards Obama, Turkey looks east-poll
Reuters ^ | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 | Reuters

Posted on 09/15/2010 2:03:32 PM PDT by RobinMasters

BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's popularity remains high in Europe but has fallen in the past year as doubts emerge about some of his foreign policies, an opinion poll published on Wednesday showed.

The annual Transatlantic Trends survey, conducted during June in 11 European Union countries, Turkey and the United States, found that while Obama remained more popular than his predecessor George W. Bush, there were concerns about the line he had taken on issues such as Iran and its nuclear programme.

Most of the Europeans surveyed said they wanted the United States to exert strong leadership in world affairs, but fewer than half approved of how he was managing relations with Iran or how he was going about stabilising Afghanistan.

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1 posted on 09/15/2010 2:03:34 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

But I thought the world would LOOOOOOOVE us because of the Obozo.


2 posted on 09/15/2010 2:25:11 PM PDT by hsalaw
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