The BBC finds that the world hates America...in other news the rest of the country hates Grossman.
View of US's global role 'worse'
The World Service survey, conducted in 25 nations including the US, found that three in four respondents disapproved of how Washington has dealt with Iraq.
The majority of the 26,381 respondents also disapproved of the way five other foreign policy areas have been handled.
9 comments:
I find it interesting that the world hates the U.S. We, the U.S. give more as a country and as citizens to the world than any other country. And if we didn't, if we weren't involved what would they say? They would hate us then too. We have a responsibility to our Earth to bring peace; we can do what others simply can not. Hey you’re damned if you do and your damned if you don't. Hey I am part of the world, how come I never got polled? Where are these polls anyway? I love the USA!-Ryan
USA nowadays is by all means the most powerful country in the world, economically, politically, etc. But this power should be more used as a constraining factor among the world nations. So far every place where US tried to imply its views it gave rise to conflicts. The world is tired of war politics of the US and this creates negative perceptions about the country.
I'm sure deploying 22,000 more of our fellow citizens (loved ones!) will make the world cherish us more, as it will also foster patriotism, knowing that our men are dying for a lost cause.
Hooray for the Bears. While few of us celebrate politics, many knew how the game panned out.
Its great to live in an enlightened country.
They probably hate us because of the same rason Germany and France do... we are putting their business partners out of power. Mind you that they conducted business in violation of UN sanctions... which people who don't like us seem to avoid. My anwser is: shut up, world.
-Robert
Those of you that are complaining about the way this country is... show me a model country which you would like us to base our behavior on. Last time I checked every single nation is involved in the same process.
Ryan Cooper
I am not sure if this blog is over and I am totaly cutting and pasting this but I thought it was appropraite...
Nation of Spoiled Brats
The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll
data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true given the source,
right? The same magazine that employs Michael (Qurans in the toilets at
Gitmo) Isikoff. Here I promised myself this week I would be nice and I
start off in this way.
The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with
the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country is
unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence 2/3s of the
citizenry just ain't happy and want a change.
So being the knuckle dragger I am, I starting thinking, ''What we are so
unhappy about?''
Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week? Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the
summer and heating in the winter? Could it be that 95.4 percent of these
unhappy folks have a job? Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery
store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the
last year?
Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic
Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through
each state? Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would
find along the way that can provide temporary shelter? I guess having
thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is
just not good enough. Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency
workers show up and provide services to help all involved. Whether you are
rich or poor they treat your wounds and even, if necessary, send a
helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home, you may
be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of having a fire, a
group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch
equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your
belongings. Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen
TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes; an officer equipped with a gun and a
bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your family against attack
or loss. This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or
militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where
90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy
that are the envy of everyone in the world? Maybe that is what has 67
percent of you folks unhappy.
Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world
has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. yet has a great disdain
for its citizens. They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in
the world who do nothing but complain about what we don't have and what we
hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.
I know, I know. What about the president who took us into war and has no
plan to get us out? The president who has a measly 31 percent approval
rating? Is this the same president who guided the nation in the dark days
after 9/11? The president that cut taxes to bring an economy out of
recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in
the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled brats safe from
terrorist attacks? The commander in chief of an all-volunteer army that is
out there defending you and me?
Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have
volunteered to serve, and in many cases have died for your freedom. There
is currently no draft in this country. They didn't have to go. They are
able to refuse to go and end up with either a ''general'' discharge, an
''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a
''dishonorable'' discharge after a few days in the brig.
So why then the flat out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of
Americans? Say what you want but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds it
leads and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash
with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the
corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit
corporations. They offer what sells. Just ask why they are going to allow
a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book and do a TV special about how
he didn't kill his wife but if he did . insane!
Stop buying the negative venom you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off
the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your
bird cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There
is exponentially more good than bad.
I close with one of my favorite quotes from B.C. Forbes in 1953:
''What have Americans to be thankful for? More than any other people on
the earth, we enjoy complete religious freedom, political freedom, social
freedom. Our liberties are sacredly safeguarded by the Constitution of the
United States, 'the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by
the brain and purpose of man.' Yes, we Americans of today have been
bequeathed a noble heritage. Let us pray that we may hand it down
unsullied to our children and theirs.''
I suggest we sit back and count our blessings for all we have. If we
don't, what we have will be taken away. Then we will have to explain to
future generations why we squandered such blessing and abundance. If we
are not careful, this generation will be known as the ''greediest and most
ungrateful generation.'' A far cry from the proud Americans of the
''greatest generation'' who left us an untarnished legacy.
Yes, we may be putting Germany and France's bis partners out of business, but I think they understand the risks going in ahead of time. I am sure they will protest, etc, but they know what they are getting into when they invest in Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
I think the key point here is, "respondents disapproved of how Washington has dealt with Iraq." I have traveled to different parts of the world and just about everybody I talk to says the same thing; they love the U.S. but hate our president.
Yes, there may be some people that just hate the U.S. but the majority just hates our government. This should come as no surprise to us considering Bush has an approval rating of around 35% from his own constituents.
Josh Evirs
POLS 389
Nobody likes the US because they are trying to be world police. The US feels like it has to interfere with everything that going on in the world. I am sure no American would like having Russia come here an telling everybody Communism is the way to go. The US is trying to push their believes in everybody else's country. Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa the US policies don't work. The beauty of this world we are all different, have different believes,different ways of living.
I love the USA, the way of life, like ryan explained. But lets try to concentrate on our problems, not the ones of the world. P.S. we already started a big mess so we have to clean up first, I understand that.
Sebastian POL184
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