BBC: Whole World Has No Confidence in US's Global Role

[BurtWorm]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286755.stm






View of US's global role 'worse'
The view of the US's role in the world has deteriorated both internationally and domestically, a BBC poll suggests.

The World Service survey, conducted in 25 nations including the US, found that three in four respondents disapproved of how Washington had dealt with Iraq.

The majority of the 26,381 respondents also disapproved of the way five other foreign policy areas had been handled.

The poll, released ahead of President Bush's State of the Union speech, was conducted between November and January.

The number of those who said the US was a positive influence in the world fell in 18 nations polled in previous years.

In those countries, 29% of people said the US had a positive influence, down from 36% last year and 40% two years ago.

Across the 25 countries polled, 49% of respondents said the US played a mainly negative role in the world.

In Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and the US most of those polled said they thought America had a positive role.

But among Americans, the number of those who viewed their country's role positively fell to 57% - six percentage points down from last year and 14 percentage points down from two years ago.

[izzie]

1. We have had our day. A new country will move up

I would think it would be either the Eur. group or China. I base it on many things but first of all they are not getting into needless wars that have nothing to do with them and some thing that really counts. They are educating the talent in their countries even if the talent has no money. They are pushing many more percent of their pop, into higher educations which will count. It was one of the reasons we got so powerful. We wasted little on wars and when we did we re-built the world to trade with us and we had mass education for all. After WW2 that program made us. Just what we do not need now is another old thinking President. Lets get rid of both Bush's and Clinton's people and go for new people.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

2. recommended earlier, came back to kick

[BurtWorm]

3. kick

[Bluebear]

4. No longer the "indispensible nation". Thanks, "W"! nt

[crispini]

5. That's 'cause WE SUCK.

The founding fathers would be very disappointed in us.

[freefall]

6. 57% of US citizens still think we play a positive role?

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Talk about koolaid. I guess they must be the people who get their news from TV.

Peace,

freefall