60% In CBS/NY Times Poll Say President Not Respected By Foreign Leaders

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/26/opinion/polls/main1838662.shtml

<snip>Just 32 percent said U.S. troops should be sent to the Mideast as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force, although 60 percent favor such a force.

More Americans (47 percent) said they approve of how Mr. Bush has handled the conflict so far than disapprove (27 percent), but one in four said it's too early to form an opinion.

Mr. Bush's overall approval rating remains low — and in an additional diplomatic concern, most Americans (60 percent) now think he is not respected by foreign leaders.

That number is down significantly since just before the Iraq war began in 2003, when about half of Americans thought Mr. Bush was respected around the world.

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1. they saw Merkel rebuff his advances

and they saw this video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hipp/stop-this-shit_b_25442.html