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Originally Posted by Punisher
This is how the rest of the world views Bush.
Only three countries preferred Bush - Poland, Nigeria and the Philippines. In two others, India and Thailand, the public was split 50-50. But in Western Europe, America's traditional allies, only 10 per cent of Germans backed Bush. In France, it was 5 per cent. I cannot recall any other American Presidential election where world opinion was so one-sided. Just what has convinced most of the world's population to jump on the ABB (Anyone But Bush) bandwagon? Ivor Daalder, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, says it's "the natural outcome of the kind of foreign policies the president has pursued. He deliberately and willfully ignored taking into account the perspectives and interests of other countries." Most observers think the overwhelming preference for Kerry is primarily a reaction to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. Another poll, of the United States and 10 European countries, seems to confirm this. Transatlantic Trends 2004, carried out by the German Marshall Fund of the US and an Italian think tank, shows the sharp division between Americans and Europeans on the use of force. Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree. |
It also explains Bush's current lead in the polls. Hopefully more of us "dumb Americans" will wake up in the coming weeks.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyBz00LS
THIS is really a sad statement about the US society. I guess the "history lesson of the US" showing the relationship between the NRA and the KKK still holds true today.
It also explains Bush's current lead in the polls. Hopefully more of us "dumb Americans" will wake up in the coming weeks. |
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Originally Posted by Punisher
Fifty-four percent of Americans think the use of force is the best way to ensure peace. Only 28 percent of Europeans agree.
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