http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6421597.stm
Poll results in from BBC World Service - poll is conducted annually, 28,000 survey respondents - here are the top five countries (out of a total of 12) with the most negative image:
1. Israel
2. Iran
3. USA
4. North Korea
5. Russia
Most positive image:
1. Canada
2. Japan
3. EU
4. France
5. Great Britain
The countries surveyed were: Great Britain, USA, France, Poland, Argentina, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Lebanon, UAE, India, China, Russia, South Korea, Phillipines, Indonesia, Australia.
Delving into the report itself the following facts emerge:
- 41% of the US respondents view state terrorists Israel positively against 33% who view them negatively.
- The respondents of all European, South American, Middle Eastern and Asian nations (except India) view Israel in a predominantly negative light.
Q. Where, pray tell, does the US get this positive image from? AIPAC really most be working wonders on the US media. This sharp difference of opinion between the US and the rest of the world is quite telling. The US complain that they are hated and yet they can't see through the fact that their support for Israel is why.
- All European nations bar Poland view America in a predominantly negative light. 57% of Great British respondents, interestingly, view the US negatively as against 33% who view them positively. 60% of respondents from another 'war of terror' ally, Australia, also view the US in a heavily negative light.
- The only nations that view the US in a positive light are Poland, Nigeria, Kenya, Phillipines. Not even neighbours Canada or little threatened South Korea view the US positively.
Q. How on earth did the US manage to squander a seemingly limitless supply of sympathy and goodwill in the aftermath of 9/11 to come to be viewed negatively even by its supposed allies in the 'western world'?
Q. The poll shows the British populace have more in common with their European brethren than they allow themselves to let on. Should the Labour Party be taught a lesson it will never forget at the next general election, for acting against the will of the people for so long? Tony Blair has single-handedly made the UK more of a paraia than it was before in the middle east and abroad.
Poll results in from BBC World Service - poll is conducted annually, 28,000 survey respondents - here are the top five countries (out of a total of 12) with the most negative image:
1. Israel
2. Iran
3. USA
4. North Korea
5. Russia
Most positive image:
1. Canada
2. Japan
3. EU
4. France
5. Great Britain
The countries surveyed were: Great Britain, USA, France, Poland, Argentina, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, Lebanon, UAE, India, China, Russia, South Korea, Phillipines, Indonesia, Australia.
Delving into the report itself the following facts emerge:
- 41% of the US respondents view state terrorists Israel positively against 33% who view them negatively.
- The respondents of all European, South American, Middle Eastern and Asian nations (except India) view Israel in a predominantly negative light.
Q. Where, pray tell, does the US get this positive image from? AIPAC really most be working wonders on the US media. This sharp difference of opinion between the US and the rest of the world is quite telling. The US complain that they are hated and yet they can't see through the fact that their support for Israel is why.
- All European nations bar Poland view America in a predominantly negative light. 57% of Great British respondents, interestingly, view the US negatively as against 33% who view them positively. 60% of respondents from another 'war of terror' ally, Australia, also view the US in a heavily negative light.
- The only nations that view the US in a positive light are Poland, Nigeria, Kenya, Phillipines. Not even neighbours Canada or little threatened South Korea view the US positively.
Q. How on earth did the US manage to squander a seemingly limitless supply of sympathy and goodwill in the aftermath of 9/11 to come to be viewed negatively even by its supposed allies in the 'western world'?
Q. The poll shows the British populace have more in common with their European brethren than they allow themselves to let on. Should the Labour Party be taught a lesson it will never forget at the next general election, for acting against the will of the people for so long? Tony Blair has single-handedly made the UK more of a paraia than it was before in the middle east and abroad.
