World opinion of U.S. mostly negative

Modesto Bee ^ | 12/4/02 | Sonya Ross

[hoosierskypilot]

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the eyes of much of the world, this is America: an inconsiderate lone wolf that has really good entertainment but really bad values, that wants war with Iraq just to get oil but still should remain as the only superpower on Earth.

In a broad international survey released Wednesday, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found that the United States is falling out of favor in 19 of 27 countries where a trend could be identified.

The dislike was especially striking in Muslim countries. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed in Jordan had an unfavorable opinion of America, as did 69 percent of Egyptians and Pakistanis and 59 percent of Lebanese. In Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Senegal, Turkey and Lebanon, the vast majority said they oppose the U.S.-led war on terrorism.

But ill will toward the United States was also found in supposedly friendly nations like Canada, Britain and Germany.

[Fiddlstix]

....I don't really care what they think, anymore. If you don't like America, then stop coming here. And if you are here and don't like it, leave. Please. And that includes you even if you were born here....

I'm with You!
Well Said!

[Cacique]

My opinion of the world is mostly negative.

so what?

[MacDorcha]

what im laughing at is they still get handouts from us!

[BibChr]

Oh, darn.

Guess we'd better cut off the

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FOREIGN AID

we pour into their dry sand every #@$! year.

Dan

[Cloud William]

IIRC, that's the tune that goes...

We give them money, but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them.

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I always did like that verse. :-)

[conservativemusician]

Great verse.

Are you THE Cloud William, leader of the Yangs?

[geedee]

Envy . . . Emerson said . . . Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

[weikel]

There is realpolitik nation building to get rid of insane terroristic ideologies and then there is Wilsonian "lets make every country a socialist Democracy" nation building. There is a diffrence.

[rmvh]

Re your # 1

The French lead the pack of those who hate us most...

A nation of quarelsome shopkeepers... who destroyed their intellectuals in the revolution and are now left with genetic floatsom...Whose military and half of their population sided with Hitler....A mere shadow of a once glorious nation...and even their wine can't hold a candle to our California and NY vintages.

The French? Envious morons totally lacking in honor.

[Cloud William]

Are you THE Cloud William, leader of the Yangs?

Just the other day, I was reciting the E Plebnista then these guys grabbed me from behind. I made short work of them, naturally, but how about some respect for the Hold Words, y'know? ;-)

Kohms. I hate these guys.

[conservativemusician]

" Kohms. I hate these guys. "

Hysterical.

Not the first Trek reference this sharp-eyed fan has noticed on FR!LOL

Great picture. Great episode.

One of my favorites.

BTW. Landru is here as well!

[Austin Willard Wright]

Socialist democracy? Heck....I was referring to the unrealism of striving for far more modest goals of stability and free market democracy. Nation building in a hell hole like the Middle East (as we are already discovering in Aghanistan, better described as Kabulistan), is a utopian pipedream regardless of any new feel good labels such as "realpolitik."

[weikel]

In the age of nukes if we can't wipe out radical collectivist ideologies somebody will blow us up. I consider it neccasary for our self defense. It may eventually be possible to restore the World before Woodrow Wilson destroyed it to make the world safe for socialism as mainly divided between a few civilized great powers. Otherwise I give humanity a very low probability of survival( well a few will survive to begin the stone age all over again of course).

[Jim Noble]

BFD

[dfwgator]

So? I'm not impressed with the rest of the world either.

[Aliska]

Time to put their money where their mouth is and turn in their cell phones.

[dfwgator]

It's like Dennis Leary said, there ain't a damned thing the world can do cause we got the bombs. Two words, "nuclear f------ weapons."

[J. Semper Paratus]

"Time to put their money where their mouth is and turn in their cell phones."

No, no, no... they cant do that. 'No Such Agency' (read: NSA) would not hear near as much if they did that!

[waterstraat]

What was the last calender year that we did not bomb another country?

[xJones]

I guess Randy Newman was ahead of his time with "Political Science".

Shame on you for not posting the lyrics. Let's get a really good whining party going. :)

Political Science

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens

We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful and they're hateful
They don't respect us-so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us

We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They got surfin', too

Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town Oh, how peaceful it will be
We'll set everybody free
You'll wear a Japanese kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now