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March 19, 2004
Nobody Loves Us
A new poll shows we're even more disliked than ever since the Iraq war.
In a Pew Global Attitudes survey released Tuesday, in only one of eight foreign countries surveyed did a majority give a favorable rating to the United States. That nation was Great Britain.
Turkey, Pakistan, Jordan, Morocco, France, Germany and Russia were not so kind. In Turkey, 63 percent of those polled had a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion. In France, the number was 62 percent. In Germany, 59 percent.
Oh stop crying in your Rice Krispies. They all seem to like us well enough when they need their bacon pulled out of the fire.....or our money. Not to mention their huddled masses yearning to breathe free and immigrate here.
Wankers.
Posted by Rita at March 19, 2004 06:58 AM
Comments
There are those who theorize that the basic difference between the U.S. and the rest of the world is that we are those who did more than huddle and yearn, or descended from the same, and thus self-selected for ambition.
Posted by: triticale at March 19, 2004 07:15 AM
Look at the countries they sampled. I wonder what results a similar poll would yield in: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.
Posted by: mtpolitics at March 19, 2004 08:05 AM
We are one of the few (only?) who successfully did that. Interesting theory.
I noticed that too Craig. Kinda looks like they had a biased sample, doesn't it? Countries that didn't like us before the war like us even less now that we didn't do what they wanted. Like that'll make me lose sleep.
Posted by: Rita at March 19, 2004 09:03 AM
Nobody likes us.
Everybody hates us.
I think I'll go and eat worms.
Posted by: Parkway Rest Stop at March 19, 2004 03:50 PM
You can always count on us Brits.
Posted by: Andy at March 21, 2004 02:32 PM
Likewise.
Posted by: Rita at March 21, 2004 06:06 PM