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USA Is No Longer a Symbol of Hope
(Gulf Times, 4 July 2006)
People in Britain view the US as a vulgar, crime-ridden society obsessed with money and led by an incompetent president whose Iraq policy is failing, according to a newspaper poll published yesterday. . . . The US is no longer a symbol of hope to Britain and the British no longer have confidence in their transatlantic cousins to lead global affairs, according to the poll in The Daily Telegraph. . . . The YouGov poll found that 77% of respondents disagreed with the statement that the US is "a beacon of hope for the world". . . . As Americans prepared to celebrate the 230th anniversary of their independence today, the poll found that only 12% of Britons trust them to act wisely on the global stage. This is half the number who had faith in the Vietnam-scarred White House of 1975. . . . A massive 83% of those questioned said that the US doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks. . . . US President George W Bush fared significantly worse, with just 1% rating him a "great leader" against 77% who deemed him a "pretty poor" or "terrible" leader. . . . More than two-thirds who offered an opinion said America is essentially an imperial power seeking world domination. And 81% of those who took a view said President George W Bush hypocritically championed democracy as a cover for the pursuit of American self-interests. . . . U.S. policy in Iraq was similarly derided, with only 24% saying they felt that the US military action there was helping to bring democracy to the country.

posted by LoZo 1:14 PM