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| US Cannot Be Trusted to Act Responsibly: Global Poll |
| 2007-04-19 |
| There is widespread global concern that the United States cannot be trusted to act responsibly in the world, according to a multinational poll released here yesterday. But while there is broad international frustration with how the United States conducts its foreign policy, few people around the world want the United States to completely back off from its role as a global policeman, the poll found. “There’s clearly a trend in terms of deepening negative attitudes to the US in how it executes foreign policy,” said Christopher Whitney, executive director for studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs which helped coordinate the 18-country study. The US has long faced criticism internationally for its interventionist foreign policy, Whitney said. This survey found that the frustration is broader in scope than previously thought and has deepened in the wake of the war in Iraq. But mixed with this frustration is an understanding that the US has a significant role to play internationally and should not withdraw completely, Whitney said. The most stark results were those showing a lack of trust that the United States would act responsibly and a sense that it had overreached on the global stage. A majority of respondents in Argentina (84 percent), Peru (80 percent), Russia (73 percent) France (72 percent), Armenia (58 percent), Indonesia (64 percent), China (59 percent), Thailand (56 percent), South Korea (53 percent) and India (52 percent) and more than a third of those in Australia (40 percent) and Ukraine (37 percent) answered “not at all” or “not very much” when asked how much they trusted the US “to act responsibly in the world,” the poll found. The Philippines and Israel proved the staunchest supporters with 85 percent and 81 percent of respondents, respectively, saying they trusted the US either a “great deal” or “somewhat,” followed by Australia at 59 percent and Poland at 51 percent. More than three out of four Americans think their country tends to take on the role of international enforcer more than it should. Large majorities elsewhere also felt that way: France at 89 percent, Australia at 80 percent, China at 77 percent, Russia at 76 percent. |
| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #21 "Studies show that most of those countries are full of furriners, y'know..." mojo scores! LOL ;-) |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-19 23:37 |
| #20 Zenster, I believe that the US was suckered into World War I. It was strictly a fight between the European countries and the Ottoman Empire. England convinced us through the sinking of the Lusitania and a few other tricks that we should join on their side. We should have stayed out of it and let them bleed each other to death. WWII was different, obviously. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-04-19 22:53 |
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| Posted by: sinse 2007-04-19 21:03 |
| #18 Well, that was quite strange. During my last page view much of the text was totally garbled. The US has long faced criticism internationally for its interventionist foreign policy, Whitney said. This almost makes me sorry that we "intervened" in 1917 and 1941. I doubt many of the respondents bothered to consider such a notion. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-19 20:28 |
| #17 This page has gone bonkers! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-19 20:19 |
| #16 Then we left and there went their jobs.... They know the score, especially w/their infestation. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-04-19 19:00 |
| #15 I'm actually impressed that the Philippines rated so high. There was a lot of anti-Americanism a decade or so when they wanted us to abandon the base and bugger out. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-04-19 17:33 |
| #14 I notice that Japan was not included in the poll, along with Germany, the UK, Canada, Mexico, etc. Actually, it kinda' looks like the poll was skewed to include countries that have been more or less traditionally hostile to the USA for the last 50 years or so. Okay, I can be down wit' dat. Tell ya's what - the USA don't needs youse neither. Fact is, 'nuff o' our blood's already done been spilt tryin' t' be the world's cop. 'Nuff already, mofo's. We's jus' gonna' wait over here's on the corner till youse has done gone and kilt each ot'er off - then we's gonna' step in ands picks us up all the juicy pieces left over. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-04-19 16:00 |
| #13 "Studies show that most of those countries are full of furriners, y'know..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-04-19 15:35 |
| #12 US Cannot Trust the Rest of the Globe: US Poll They're all commies, criminals or frickin maniacs, poll shows. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-04-19 13:27 |
| #11 No they're right. Our foreign policy is too wimpy. |
| Posted by: Thrush B. Hayes7260 2007-04-19 11:41 |
| #10 Name one country with the means that would act without self interest whom you would trust? Bueller, Bueller? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-19 10:33 |
| #9 Time to give them a whiff of isolationism. Re-enact Smoot Hawley. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-04-19 09:58 |
| #8 We should let the French intervene, as they did in Rwanda. |
| Posted by: DragonFly 2007-04-19 09:55 |
| #7 the United States to completely back off from its role as a global policeman Yeah, just like an endless episode of COPS - all of it being domestic disputes in the World Trailer Park. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-04-19 09:44 |
| #6 Cut off preferential access to United States markets, finance, etc. to countries scoring above, say, 40% negative. Declare the United States Navy will not prevent piracy against the shipping of nations scoring above, just picking a number out of the air, 66% negative. If the French don't appreciate the help they can feel free to pay for their own lunch. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-19 08:54 |
| #5 ...few people around the world want the United States to completely back off from its role as a global policeman Yep, nobody wants a cop around. Until they need one. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-19 08:44 |
| #4 But while there is broad international frustration with how the United States conducts its foreign policy, few people around the world want the United States to completely back off from its role as a global policeman, the poll found. Don't forget sugar daddy. They REALLY don't want us to back off of THAT role. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-04-19 08:41 |
| #3 But while there is broad international frustration with how the United States conducts its foreign policy, few people around the world want the United States to completely back off from its role as a global policeman Like meat. Hate butcher. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-04-19 03:55 |
| #2 What a stupid question to ask and what arrogant replies to assume the US would act in ways that non-Americans define as "responsible", i.e. in their (not American) interest. The only thing the US government is responsible for is to act in America's interest. Matter of fact, US leaders should do their constitutional duty to act strictly in America's interest and stop taking in everybody else's interest above America's. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-04-19 01:16 |
| #1 Yeah, well, when the look at an Imbicillic congress (Madison), they have less faith. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-04-19 00:36 |