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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:33 PM
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The new Pew Global Poll is in folks and guess what Karen Hughes ?
We went down again in favorable opinion



Summary of Findings

America's global image has again slipped and support for the war on terrorism has declined even among close U.S. allies like Japan. The war in Iraq is a continuing drag on opinions of the United States, not only in predominantly Muslim countries but in Europe and Asia as well. And despite growing concern over Iran's nuclear ambitions, the U.S. presence in Iraq is cited at least as often as Iran - and in many countries much more often - as a danger to world peace.

A year ago, anti-Americanism had shown some signs of abating, in part because of the positive feelings generated by U.S. aid for tsunami victims in Indonesia and elsewhere. But favorable opinions of the United States have fallen in most of the 15 countries surveyed. Only about a quarter of the Spanish public (23%) expresses positive views of the U.S., down from 41% last year; America's image also has declined significantly in India (from 71% to 56%) and Indonesia (from 38% to 30%).


The survey finds sizable gaps in public attentiveness to major issues and events. In this regard, the extraordinarily high level of attentiveness to bird flu disease is significant. More than 90% of the publics in 14 of 15 countries polled say they have heard of the disease; the only exception is Pakistan, where 82% say they are aware of the disease.

But attentiveness to other widely covered issues and events varies widely. There is nearly universal awareness of global warming in major industrialized countries; in addition, 80% of Russians and 78% of Chinese say they have heard of global warming. Yet global warming has drawn scant attention in Muslim countries, with the exception of Turkey (75%). And in India, just 57% say they have heard of global warming.

Reports about U.S. prison abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo have attracted broad attention in Western Europe and Japan - more attention, in fact, than in the United States. Roughly three-quarters of Americans (76%) say they have heard of the prison abuses, compared with about 90% or more in the four Western European countries and Japan.

Among predominantly Muslim countries, large majorities in Egypt (80%), Jordan (79%), and Turkey (68%) say they have heard of the reports of prison abuse. But in Indonesia, Pakistan, and among Muslims in Nigeria, most people have not heard of this issue. Moreover, just 38% of Chinese and 23% of Indians say they are aware of the prison abuse story.


http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=252
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:35 PM
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1. Yes, but…
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 02:41 PM by kskiska
I remember reading where she was going to be concentrating on boosting our image in Latin America now.

Hughes Says Latin America Is a Top Priority for President Bush

PRESS RELEASE - Washington, D.C., March 10, 2006 — Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, before leaving on a five-nation visit to Latin America, told the Voice of America (VOA) that Latin America "is one of President Bush's priorities."

Hughes made the comments in an exclusive interview late Thursday, the day before leaving on a visit to Chile, Colombia, Panama, Brazil and El Salvador. Her trip is the first to Latin America by a U.S. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

http://www.voanews.com/english/About/2006-03-10-karen-hughes.cfm
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:41 PM
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2. The Soccer Mom fails...she in over her head..never should have been
there in the first place

A crony of emmense proportions
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:43 PM
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3. Great, now Latin America will hate us even more.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:46 PM
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4. They don't govern by polls
Didn't ya hear?
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:52 PM
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5. Yeah, but OUR preznit has done read THREE Shakespeares just this summer
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 02:53 PM by Old Crusoe
alone.

So there.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:56 PM
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6. The huge drops in approval between 2002 and 2003 across the board...
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 02:56 PM by SteppingRazor
are certainly very telling. Thank you, Iraq War

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ovidsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 02:56 PM
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7. How not to build international coalitions
React to a deadly attack by invading a country that had nothing to do with the attack.

Defend that invasion by whatever means necessary.

Works every time.

Not.
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 03:05 PM
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8. But,but,but...
Russia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and China like us better now.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 03:09 PM
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9. What about Poland?
No seriously, I feel after reading the report that impeachment and a trip to the Hague will really help set things right.
I know my favorable view of the US government would improve.
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 04:49 PM
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12. They weren't on the list...
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 04:49 PM by AnneD
but you may be right.:spray:
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 03:10 PM
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10. Ha....and I wonder why China, Japan and India are still "favorable" to
us. :rofl:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 03:59 PM
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11. this is a good metric for a pink slip!
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