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Survey of 44 nations shows growing discontent over U.S.
Survey of 44 nations shows growing discontent over U.S.
Smaller poll reveals conflicting opinions on Iraq
WASHINGTON (CNN) --Discontent with the United States has grown around the world in the past two years but there is still widespread goodwill toward the country and its citizens, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The Pew Research Center conducted the survey of more than 38,000 people in 44 countries, called "What the World Thinks in 2002."
The survey found that since 2000, favorable ratings for the United States have fallen in 20 of the 27 countries for which the previous data was available. But in 17 of those 20 countries, a majority of people still viewed the United States favorably.
The survey highlighted conflicting attitudes about the United States. People around the world said they embrace American culture but decried U.S. influence on their societies. American unilateralism was criticized, though the U.S.-led war on terrorism enjoyed wide support outside the Muslim world.
On other topics, the spread of disease was named the top global problem in more countries than any other international threat. Fear of religious and ethnic violence ranked second, with nuclear weapons running third.
People in the United States, Canada and Western Europe expressed a greater satisfaction with their lives than did people in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
Canada, Uzbekistan and Vietnam were the only countries in which a majority of respondents had a favorable view of their nation's condition. Vietnam was the only country in which a majority of respondents -- 51 percent -- said they had a positive view of the state of the world.
A separate survey of people in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Turkey found a split in opinion on whether and by what means Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should be removed from power.
Large majorities in France, Germany and Russia said they opposed the use of force to remove Saddam, but majorities in all three countries said they considered Iraq a "great" or "moderate" danger. British respondents were evenly split on using force to remove Saddam, and 62 percent of Americans favored it.
An overwhelming majority of Turks surveyed said they opposed allowing the United States and its allies to use bases in Turkey for military action against Iraq.
Majorities of those surveyed in France, Germany and Russia said they thought a desire on the United States' part to control Iraqi oil, not the belief that Iraq is a threat, would be the reason behind any U.S. military action against Baghdad. Forty-four percent of British respondents agreed.
Two-thirds of Americans surveyed said the United States is willing to use force because it believes Iraq is a threat.
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL Majorities of those surveyed in France, Germany and Russia said they thought.... not the belief that Iraq is a threat, |
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| Originally posted by Juricimo europeans. ***shrugs*** >JM< |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL The survey highlighted conflicting attitudes about the United States. People around the world said they embrace American culture but decried U.S. influence on their societies. American unilateralism was criticized, though the U.S.-led war on terrorism enjoyed wide support outside the Muslim world. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL Canada, Uzbekistan and Vietnam were the only countries in which a majority of respondents had a favorable view of their nation's condition. Vietnam was the only country in which a majority of respondents -- 51 percent -- said they had a positive view of the state of the world. |
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| Originally posted by biznology Thats a ludicrous statement. You cannot embrace the American culture and then get pissy when it changes your society. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL wells.. i've seen it happen before, most often than not. Countries drinking coke and pepsi at McDonald's, while listening to Michael Jackson. then the next day they are burning US flags in the middle of town square.. then again.. i dunno if u can consider Michael Jackson American culture.. more like Martian .. |
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| Originally posted by occrider Why couldn't they burn michael jackson in the middle of town square? |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL prolly cuz they couldn't find an ugly enuff effigy .. |
The irony is that the effigy would probably be less artificial than the real Michael Jackson.....
haha ..
anyways, here's a followup article for those who haven't already seen it ..
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...des_3&printer=1
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U.S. Culture Still Has Fans
Wed Dec 4, 5:13 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
By SONYA ROSS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the eyes of much of the world, this is America: an inconsiderate lone wolf that has really good entertainment but really bad values, that wants war with Iraq just to get oil but still should remain as the only superpower on Earth.
AP Photo
In a broad international survey released Wednesday, the Pew Global Attitudes Project found that the United States is falling out of favor in 19 of 27 countries where a trend could be identified.
The dislike was especially striking in Muslim countries. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed in Jordan had an unfavorable opinion of America, as did 69 percent of Egyptians and Pakistanis and 59 percent of Lebanese. In Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Senegal, Turkey and Lebanon, the vast majority said they oppose the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
But ill will toward the United States was also found in supposedly friendly nations like Canada, Britain and Germany.
"The biggest headline is the slipping image of the United States, not simply that we're not liked in the Muslim world," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center. "But there is still a great reserve of good will toward the United States."
The surveys in 44 countries were conducted by established survey organizations in each country between July and October, with polls done by phone in eight of the most developed countries and face-to-face in the others. The error margins ranged from plus or minus 2 percentage points to 4.5 points, depending on the sample size.
A generally favorable view of America is held in 35 of the 42 countries that took part in the survey. Among Russians, U.S. popularity has surged 24 points, from 37 percent two years ago to 61 percent today. Similarly, 77 percent of Nigerians and 85 percent of Uzbeks had pro-U.S. views, up 31 percent and 29 percent respectively.
The most common criticisms of the United States are that it acts by itself, it pushes policies that widen the gap between rich and poor nations, and it doesn't do enough to solve the world's problems.
Americans don't necessarily agree.
Seventy-five percent of Americans polled said U.S. foreign policy is considerate of others. But next door, only 25 percent of Canadians said America is a considerate world citizen. Perhaps surprisingly, U.S. foreign policy was deemed considerate by 53 percent of respondents in Germany, a harsh critic of President Bush (news - web sites)'s position on Iraq.
World citizens admire American technology and culture, but not the spread of U.S. ideas and customs; 54 percent of Canadians, 67 percent of Germans, 71 percent of the French and 84 percent of Egyptians said it would be bad to spread American ideas and customs.
But Canadians � 77 percent of them � also said they like American music, movies and TV. It was much the same for Venezuela (78 percent), Poland (70 percent), Japan (74 percent), Ivory Coast (84 percent) and Great Britain (76 percent).
U.S. officials have tried to do something about America's image problem abroad. The White House established an office of "global communications" to provide in-depth explanations of President Bush's foreign policy.
Madeleine Albright (news - web sites), secretary of state during the Clinton administration and chair of the Pew survey, said the fact that the United States is the world's only superpower may have led to the results.
"In many ways, we are viewed as the rich guy living on the hill," Albright said. "We have seen this coming since the end of the Cold War."
Most of the people surveyed said they don't want the world to again have more than one superpower. Even in Russia, 53 percent said they believe the world is safer with just one.
In Germany, the percentage of people who hold a favorable view of the United States fell 17 points over two years. In 1999/2000, 78 percent of Germans considered the United States favorably, this year 61 percent.
In Turkey, which is being actively courted for help in a possible war with Iraq, pro-U.S. views dropped from 52 percent to 30 percent.
Sentiments were similar in Argentina, where 34 percent saw the United States in a good light, compared to 50 percent two years ago. In Indonesia and the Slovak Republic, favorable ratings fell 14 points.
Large percentages of Muslim respondents in several countries said they believe suicide bomb attacks are a justifiable defense of Islam. This was especially so in Lebanon, where 73 percent supported this belief.
Also, 21 countries rated the news media as a good influence, while the military was seen as a good influence in 15 countries. Five gave the top rating in influence to religious leaders. Only one, Ivory Coast, said the national government is the top influence.
In six countries � Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Turkey and the United States � the majority said Iraq poses a great or moderate threat to the world, and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) must go.
Only 22 percent of Americans said oil is the United States' real motive for pursuing war with Iraq, but 44 percent of the British, 75 percent of the French, 54 percent of Germans and 76 percent of Russians held that view.
When it comes to conditions at home, Uzbeks and the Vietnamese were the happiest of all. Sixty-nine percent said they are satisfied with the state of their countries. In Peru and Argentina, only 3 percent of respondents said they are pleased with the way things are at home.
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On the Net: http://www.people-press.org
none of this is a surprise...
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL i dunno if u can consider Michael Jackson American culture.. more like Martian .. |
In the history of the world there have always been people that hate the powerful states. It's not going to change.
Survey of 44 americans shows growing disregard for other nations.
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| Originally posted by Juricimo europeans. ***shrugs*** >JM< |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL People around the world said they embrace American culture but decried U.S. influence on their societies. [/url] |
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| Originally posted by Verona^My If you dont want US influence, fine, but then going off and embracing it's culture is being influenced by the US. Actually IMO, the US culture sucks, we export the most vile, hideous culture on the planet, I can understand objections to the US culture. |
Discontent .... is obvious, logical sense.
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