| Author | Message | | *Mutt American | | Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 7:12 pm Post subject: |
| | Hunni wrote: | | Quote: | | By the way, about 73% of the American public are in agreement with me. |
Opinion polls have nothing to do with the rights or wrongs of this issue (or any other). |
But the topic of this string is ABOUT opinion polls, now isn't it?
And the people of the country that is by far the largest military force in the world, who account for about 22% of the entire world's GDP and who fund a majority share of the world's aid programs and organizations also have an opinion. And some folks aren't too popular with those 283,000,000 folks here. | |  | | Guest | | Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 8:55 pm Post subject: |
| | *Mutt American wrote: | | Hunni wrote: | | Quote: | | By the way, about 73% of the American public are in agreement with me. |
Opinion polls have nothing to do with the rights or wrongs of this issue (or any other). |
But the topic of this string is ABOUT opinion polls, now isn't it?
And the people of the country that is by far the largest military force in the world, who account for about 22% of the entire world's GDP and who fund a majority share of the world's aid programs and organizations also have an opinion. And some folks aren't too popular with those 283,000,000 folks here. |
Depends on the facts that those 283,000,000 have to base their opinion on. Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts - particularly in a country that has the largest military force in the world. | | | | Guest | | | | *Mutt American | | Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2002 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Coming Iraq Invasion for Israel & Oil... |
| | Anonymous wrote: | | http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/middle-east-and-asia/2002/12/05/iraqi-minister-claims-u-s-and-israel-wants-war.php |
The point being what? Are we supposed to take Aziz at his word? | | | | Guest | | | | Guest | | Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 9:29 am Post subject: Pew survey: Regard for U.S. slips |
| http://www.msnbc.com/news/843333.asp?0dm=N326N
Pew survey: Regard for U.S. slips
Anger grows even among traditional American allies
Campaigners against the potential war in Iraq lie on the street blocking traffic outside Whitehall Dec. 2.
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 — The world is torn when it comes to America. A new survey suggests that people love all things American, but they don’t like the American influence on their societies.
• Click to hear how the world sees the superpower
PEOPLE IN 35 of 42 countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project had a generally favorable impression of the United States. But in two-thirds of the countries where a trend could be identified, those numbers are declining.
Some anti-American sentiments were found in friendly nations like Canada and Britain.
Russians seem to like the United States a lot. Popularity soared from 37 percent two years ago to 61 percent today.
But American threats against Iraq have irritated long-standing U.S. allies, fueled discontent among Muslim nations and alienated the developing world, according the survey of 38,000 people in 44 countries.
The survey, headed by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, cited widespread anti-American sentiment and growing unease about the state of the world.
The majority of the survey’s respondents said they were dissatisfied with the current state of the world. AIDS and the spread of disease topped global concerns.
Since 2000, approval ratings for the United States fell in 20 of 27 countries for which comparable data was available. The report included contradictory attitudes toward the United States, with most respondents embracing American culture but decrying the country’s unilateral posture on the world stage.
Suspicions of U.S. intentions toward Iraq ran high among Muslim countries, as well as America’s long-standing NATO allies, including France, Germany and Turkey.
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Albright said much of the reported antipathy toward the United States was tied to a belief that the White House does not take other countries’ interests seriously in its approach to foreign policy.
“While I do not believe that we are an isolationist country, in many ways what we are about is isolating us,” Albright told reporters in Washington. “The numbers actually show that we are out of step in terms of our thinking about how people see us versus the way people actually do see us.”
America: Views from abroad
Andrew Kohut, project director of the Pew Global Attitudes Survey, said a possible war on Iraq threatened to drive a wedge between the United States and Turkey, where many people did not support the idea of a “regime change” in Baghdad.
“A war on Iraq may further divide America from its allies,” said Kohut. “Turks see a war against Iraq, or an effort to get rid of Saddam ... as an attack by the U.S. on a friendly Muslim nation.”
’NATION OF LIBERATORS’
U.S. President George Bush said the survey partially reflected the work of foreign “propaganda machines” unfairly painting the United States in a bad light.
“I’m running this war against terror based upon freedom and doing my obligation to make sure our children can grow up in a free and safe society. I hope the message that we fight not a religion, but a group of fanatics which have hijacked a religion, is getting through,” he told reporters.
MSNBC Coverage:
• U.N. readies for a war
• Timeline for invasion
• Wanted: Saddam's scientists
• Iraq's previous omissions
• Saddam's 'inferiority complex'
• Keeping up with inspectors
• Oil: The other Iraq war
• War of Words
• Full MSNBC coverage
Other Iraq coverage:
• Latest from WashPost
“We’ll do everything we can to remind people that we’ve never been a nation of conquerors. We’re a nation of liberators. The Muslim world will eventually realize, if they don’t now, that we believe in freedom, and we respect all individuals.”
Albright said the survey results should not be interpreted as a criticism of the Bush administration, but as “a snapshot of the way the world is viewed at a very complicated time.”
“One of the issues here is that we are the sole superpower, and that in many ways we are viewed as the rich guy sitting on the hill, isolated from the rest of the world,” she said.
“The only way to protect our national interest is to understand the national interests of the other countries. Otherwise we will never be able to — as the rich guy coming down the hill — feel we are secure in having our people be able to travel or invest abroad,” she said.
“In many ways it is still in the U.S. national interest to understand what others think about us.”
Full report: What the world thinks in 2002 | | | | *Mutt American | | Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 6:27 pm Post subject: |
| News Flash...
Most Americans aren't too happy with some Arab countries right now. We are also disappointed with a few non-Arab countries. | | | | Nobody | | Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 2:40 am Post subject: What ? Still no links...... |
| | *Mutt American wrote: | | Quote: | | Actually to straighten things out, I didn't put "Arab Gentlemen" in the message-That was changed by admin...... (PS Do you have some proof that SH wants to attack the US? Plus some info on his NBC bombs and plans to invade his neighbors-Links?? You certainly seem to know a whole lot more than most, so give us some of your sources for your own credibility) |
There are plenty of quotes out there where Saddam and his flunkies demand that Muslims attack the US, Americans and American interests wherever they find them. There is also Saddam's history. And his lies about disarming. And his killing of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi kids just to make a political statement against the US. If I have to provide links, you don't want to believe anyway. By the way, about 73% of the American public are in agreement with me.
Where was the solid evidence that Hitler was going to take over all of Europe and murder 6,000,000 Jews? Where was the solid evidence that Japan was going to attack? | Links?? Don't run away now..... Just provide a couple of links instead of harping on and while you're at it, how about some proof that OBL carried out 911? The top security agancies in the US still have no definite proof of that one yet, so maybe you can enlighten them and provide some info.......... | | | | *Mutt American | | Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 3:03 am Post subject: |
| | You know what? No matter what you are given, you are not going to believe. Think what you want Mr. Nevill Chamberlain. | | | | guest | | Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:09 am Post subject: Neville Chamberlain? |
| | *Mutt American wrote: | | You know what? No matter what you are given, you are not going to believe. Think what you want Mr. Nevill Chamberlain. | Why don't you provide some links for the guy/gal? If what you state is fact or based on fact show some links! The "Not going to believe" looks like you're projecting your own weaknesses. | | | | | ©2002-2009 WarWithoutEnd.co.uk |
