How terrible it must be to be George W. Bush these days. He may be the King of the World and the Decider (TM) but it seems as if no one, but no one, likes him anymore. In advance of his State of the (dis)Union address tonight the (deceitfully Marxist) BBC has commissioned a worldwide poll on attitudes towards America and I doubt if he will like the results. Of course this assumes that his minions tell him about it as I doubt it will feature on Faux News.
Of the wide array of countries surveyed in only Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and the USA is the USA viewed as having a mainly positive influence on the world. Even in such staunch allies as the UK and Australia the public has a very dim view. In the UK 57% view the States as having a mainly negative influence v. 25% who view the US positively. In Australia it is 60% negative v. 29% positive.
On specific issues such as handling of the war in Iraq, the North Korean nuclear programme and the Israeli / Palestinian crisis the news in no better. On the topic of global warming even the US deserts him and in only Kenya, Nigeria and the Philippines do a majority either approve or strongly approve of his position.
He'd probably be last to be picked for a game of football as well. That's probably why he became a cheerleader.
The complete results (PDF) may be found here.
Of the wide array of countries surveyed in only Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and the USA is the USA viewed as having a mainly positive influence on the world. Even in such staunch allies as the UK and Australia the public has a very dim view. In the UK 57% view the States as having a mainly negative influence v. 25% who view the US positively. In Australia it is 60% negative v. 29% positive.
On specific issues such as handling of the war in Iraq, the North Korean nuclear programme and the Israeli / Palestinian crisis the news in no better. On the topic of global warming even the US deserts him and in only Kenya, Nigeria and the Philippines do a majority either approve or strongly approve of his position.
He'd probably be last to be picked for a game of football as well. That's probably why he became a cheerleader.
The complete results (PDF) may be found here.
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