Iraq War Deepens Hostility to U.S. Policies in Arab World, Surveys Find

[Rose Siding]

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The findings showed a sharp decline in the way Arabs perceive the United States, and particularly U.S. policies in the Middle East compared to the last survey released in October, 2002, when those perceptions had already reached their nadir after the war in Afghanistan and as the administration was trying get international backing for strong action against Iraq.

"Favorable attitudes toward America have dropped precipitously over the past two years," said AAI Executive Director James Zogby, who is also John Zogby's brother.

Declines were most significant in Morocco, where the percentage of respondents who said their overall impression of the U.S. was favorable fell from 38 percent two years ago to 11 percent in May. A similar decline - from 34 percent to 15 percent, and from 15 percent to two percent - was also found in Jordan and Egypt (Washington's two biggest Arab aid recipients), respectively.

Even in Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent of the public in 2002 said they retained a favorable opinion of the United States, only four percent made that assessment in May, according to the AAI survey.

Contrary to the Bush administration's contention that anti-U.S. sentiment in the Arab world is based on hostility to U.S. values and "who we are," the poll found that almost all of the antagonism was based on the perception that U.S. policies in the Middle East were both anti-Arab and anti-Muslim.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/90625/1/

[hatrack]

1. Jesus f*****g DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Wow, bet they had to work hard to get THESE results.

[sofa king]

2. I hope that opinion changes with the guard.

More importantly, I hope the guard can be changed.

[leftchick]

3. sadly many Americans will never see this...

and believe dumbface* when he says he has "made Americans safer"

:puke:

[Aidoneus]

4. Breaking News!:--occasional rain and the sunrise makes flowers grow!

Who could see THAT one coming?

[Barkley]

5. I wonder what Arabs think of France, Germany, Russia and Spain?

[Gyre]

7. I can tell you

and it shouldn't come as any big shock. They perceive Europe better than us these days w/ the exception of Britain. One reason: our failure to deal fairly w/ the parties in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and hence, our total and apparently willful failure on the one issue that unites them. Duh.

Gyre

[struggle4progress]

6. kick

:kick: