Politics, Polls, Worst President Ever
America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country’s reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.
Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US president as part of an “axis of evil”, but it is Mr Bush who now alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.
The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and leading newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto Star) and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling in each country.
It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69 percent of those questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7 percent thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased global security.
The finding is mirrored in America’s immediate northern and southern neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62 percent of Canadians and 57 percent of Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US policy…
Mr Bush is ranked with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety. He is outranked by Osama bin Laden in all four countries, but runs the al-Qaida leader close in the eyes of UK voters: 87 percent think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75 percent who think this of Mr Bush.
The US leader and close ally of Tony Blair is seen in Britain as a more dangerous man than the president of Iran (62 percent think he is a danger), the North Korean leader (69 percent) and the leader of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah (65 percent).
Topics: Politics, Polls, Worst President Ever
Kinda hard to believe UBL beat out the shrub for number 1.
NO! HE DID NOT BEAT OUT #1 GHW IS THE #1 THREAT TO THE WORLD ESPECIALLY THE USA! HE STOLE THE ELECTIONS AND GOING TO TRY TO GET HIS REPUGS BACK IN BY CROOK! HE DROPPED UBL TO GO AFTER SADDAM! WHY? TO GET THE OIL PRICES UP HIS WAR NOT AMERICAS! HE HAS LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ! BAD! AND TO THE WHOLD WORLD! HE HAS DESTROYED OUR WHOLE COUNTRY–ECONOMY, HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, TOOK OVER FROM CLINTON WITH A HUGE SURPLUS AND GAVE IT TO THE RICH! THEN RAN US 7 TRILLION IN DEBT NOW SPENDING 8 BILLION A MONTH ON IRAQ! —-NOW SAYING HE hAS AMERICA IN GREAT SHAPE!—WHAT A FOOL THAT S O B IS
IF GORE HAD GOT IT LIKE HE WON IT FOR SURE! THEN I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A 911 DISASTER OR WE WOULD BE IN THIS BAD A SHAPE! BUSH! STOLE THE ELECTION WITH HELP OF BRO JEB WITH THE INTENTIONS OF DESTROYING AMERICA AND PADDING HIS AND CHENYS BACK POCKETS WITH THE BLACK GOLD FOR HE IS STILL IN OIL BIZ AND LOOK AT CHENY STILL GETTING A PAY ROLL FROM HALIBURTON!! WAKE UP AMERICA!