World hates America but Indians love

[sabra]

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http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=49355

World hates America but Indians love

Washington, June 23: The United States’ image is so tattered overseas two years after the Iraq invasion that Communist China is viewed more favourably than the US in many countries, including long-time Western European allies, an international poll released on Thursday found.

The poor image persists even though the Bush administration has been promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world in recent months and has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in relief aid to Indian Ocean nations hit by the devastating Dec 26 tsunami.

“It’s amazing when you see the European public rating the United States so poorly, especially in comparison with China,” said Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Centre for the People & the Press, which surveyed public opinion in 16 countries, including the United States.

In Britain, which prides itself on its ‘special relationship’ with Washington, almost two-thirds of Britons, 65 per cent, saw China favourably, compared with 55 per cent who held a positive view of the United States. In France, 58 per cent had a upbeat view of China, compared with 43 per cent who felt that way about the US. The results were nearly the same in Spain and the Netherlands.

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[getmeouttahere]

1. Quel surprise!

"Nobody likes a whiner"

not to mention a hypocrite, despot or someone who considers themselves above the law. After all, it's not China that's bombing the crap out of Iraq.

[megatherium]

20. sigh, I miss the good old days, when the oppressive regime

we protested was China in Tibet.

[Oversea Visitor]

2. Actually world

hate bush

[Jackpine Radical]

6. "World" in this case should be understood to include

at least half of America.

[rfkrfk]

10. shrub is not concerned that the {non-USA} world hates him

he wants to be feared

[cliss]

14. Yes. George's tutor read Machiavelli's 'The Prince'

(since George "doesn't read").

George paid special attention when the tutor read, "It's better to be feared than loved".

That was the only interesting part about the tutoring session. George tuned the rest out: he missed the part which explains that the "Prince needs to be prudent and run his country in an orderly manner, thereby keeping his country strong".

[Oversea Visitor]

18. Shake with fright

Run Run
Very very smelly Chimp coming :)
Big liar friend of bunny teeth Lice x(

[Karmakaze]

3. When the press make such obviously false statements...

is it any wonder why they are surprised by these findings? For example:

"The poor image persists even though the Bush administration has been promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world in recent months"

What freedom and democracy? The "freedom and democracy" in Iraq? Or Afghanistan?

Nuts.

[sabra]

5. I think that "spreading freedom", is why they don't like us...

[jokerman93]

16. Bush spreads freedom

Bush spreads freedom like a crack whore spreads syphilis.

[Frances]

4. Of course India

would have a more favorable view. The U.S. is outsourcing very good computer jobs there. It used to be Indians thought they had to move to the U.S. to get a good U.S. job. That is no longer true.

[Village Idiot]

7. India LOVES the USA...not surprising...

Given the nature of the overtly nationalistic and fascistic elements of the Indian Hindu government...

They have privatized several key industries, thus thrusting millions of Indians into abject poverty and absolute serfdom...

They have committed several (unreported and under-reported) atrocities on Muslims, half-castes and women in general...

They are the recipients of hundreds of millions of US dollars in US foreign aid...they are used by the US ostensibly as a hopeful bulwark against Chinese intentions in the Asian theatre...

They assist US corporatist/fascist interests by hamstringing US workers, encouraging unfair and uncompetetive outsourcing practices...

They espouse the same jingoistic and chauvenistic nationalist/fascist political garbage that their US Masters use in describing world and domestic political events...

They are complicit and cooperate in the US's War on Islam...

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I presume you're talking about the old Indian government

as opposed to the one currently in power (Congress party), which is led by a Sikh.

[allemand]

9. BTW, the BJP lost the last elections (in May 2004), Congress is back

in power.

And as much as I dislike Bush and his policies, there certainly is no "War on Islam". That term is frequently employed by al-Zawahiri and bin Laden in their propaganda and, frankly, I'm quite surprised to find it here at DU.

[Solon]

11. That is somewhat correct...

More accurate would be the "War on Oil Rich Nations" most of which have Muslim majorities in them. That's a convenient scapegoat to use in this country.

[AndyTiedye]

13. That is What a CRUSADE Is!

Boosh** has used the word "Crusade" to describe the war
on more than one occasion. This is no accident.

The fundies know that ** lied about WMD and every other excuse he has
given for the war. They are OK with that, because they are all for
the Crusade.

[AX10]

12. India loves our jobs...

of course.

:eyes:

[geek tragedy]

15. It's because China can't project its power yet.

Countries that have to deal with China on a daily basis likely feel differently.

Like India, for one example.

[progressivebydesign]

17. Easy to love us when our companies are sending jobs and money.

Screw the corporations who are killing American families by sending breadwinner jobs to India and the like. I really WISH that some Democrat had the cajones to publicly denounce the American corporations and the republicans that support them (after receiving their pocket money), in the name of FAMILY VALUES!!! India can bite me, and their complicit attitude.. they'd hate us too if they weren't taking our jobs.

[ooglymoogly]

19. well kel fkn supreeeez

they obviously hate us for our freedoms.