[Vision2020] Polls Show U.S. Image is Slipping

Sat Oct 16 22:41:38 PDT 2004

So, France and Germany don't want to play nice its the end of the world??
What about Belgium? What about Australia? Don't they count. Bush has done a
great job of working with those who will and discounted those who won't.
France is not going to send troops I don't care who is president. It is
insulting for Kerry to suggest that if he is in charge they will. And if it
is true I am even more insulted that they would try to manipulate me that
way! I don't care who their leader is and I would accept him because it was
their choice even if I disapproved. I expect the same respect from them.
Kerry is so elitist its disgusting!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold at hotmail.com>
To: <pkraut at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Polls Show U.S. Image is Slipping

> This is not 1804 Ms. Kraut, the United States does not live in a vacuum.
The
> President of the United States HAS to be able to deal with other nations
to
> address the problems of this nation. The quagmire in Iraqi is evidence of
> the problems the US encounters when it is not able to develop good
> diplomatic relations with other foreign governments.
>
> North Korea and Iran are both now developing weapons of mass destruction
> because of Bush's inability to deal with these nations as other Presidents
> have. Oil prices going sky high, directly impact the United States. How
many
> US solders that are killed, are directly impacted by the President's
> diplomatic abilities.  How many us citizens in other countries are
beheaded
> or killed are impacted by the President's diplomatic abilities. If a
nation
> attacks us is dependent upon the Diplomatic abilities of the President.
>
> Nobody is suggesting that other people gain the right vote in the US if
they
> are not US citizens. But don't you think that a President lacking
diplomatic
> skills is a bit scary when we are at war and shouldn't it be a concern
when
> voting to fill the position?
>
> Donovan J Arnold
>
> >From: "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
> >To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Polls Show U.S. Image is Slipping
> >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:00:34 -0700
> >
> >Bush is not their president or leader...he is mine and I like him and I
> >don't care whether 'they' do or not. They don't get a vote...at least not
> >legally and I do. I don't understand all this concern for Europe and
their
> >thoughts about us. The press doesn't seem to care what I think of Europe
so
> >I don't understand why I should care about them. I understand that to
Kerry
> >and his followers this is as big a news event as Viet Nam...but I don't
> >care about that either. Both are non-news. Let try to fix our real
> >problems...and not send anymore attorneys to Washington DC.
> >PK
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Tom Hansen
> >   To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >   Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 10:13 AM
> >   Subject: [Vision2020] Polls Show U.S. Image is Slipping
> >
> >
> >   From today's (October 16, 2004) Spokesman Review -
> >
> >
> >
> >   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >   Polls show U.S. image is slipping
> >
> >
> >
> >   Majority of foreigners polled like Americans, dislike Bush
> >
> >
> >
> >   By Beth Gardiner
> >
> >   Associated Press
> >
> >   October 16, 2004
> >
> >
> >
> >   LONDON - America's popularity around the world has taken a beating in
> >recent years, according to a set of coordinated polls conducted in 10
> >different countries. But the survey also found that despite widespread
> >animosity toward President Bush, huge majorities said they have a good
> >opinion of Americans.
> >
> >
> >
> >   "We like Americans, we don't like Bush," was how Britain's Guardian
> >newspaper summarized the results of the surveys published Friday.
> >
> >
> >
> >   The polls found that to an overwhelming degree, respondents in most of
> >the countries have a more negative view of the United States now than a
few
> >years ago, disapprove of the war in Iraq and dislike Bush. Democratic
> >challenger John Kerry is favored - often by landslide proportions - in
all
> >but two of the nations.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   But even in France, often seen as a bastion of anti-Americanism, 72
> >percent said they had a favorable view of Americans, compared to 24
percent
> >with an unfavorable opinion, the poll found.
> >
> >
> >
> >   The polls, commissioned by major papers in each country, were
conducted
> >in Canada, France, Britain, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Mexico,
> >Israel and Russia. Not all questions were asked in every country.
> >
> >
> >
> >   On average, 57 percent said they had a worse opinion of the United
> >States than two to three years ago, compared to 20 percent who said they
> >had a higher opinion now. That question was asked in each country except
> >Russia.
> >
> >
> >
> >   In eight of the nations, more people said their view of America had
> >worsened than improved. Seventy-four percent of Japanese, 70 percent of
> >French, 67 percent of South Koreans, 64 percent of Canadians and 60
percent
> >of Spaniards said they had a lower opinion of America now than a few
years
> >ago.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Only in Israel - whose prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has won strong
> >backing from Bush - did more people say their view of the United States
had
> >improved than worsened, by a margin of 40 percent to 26 percent.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Americans - the people, not the government - can feel well-loved,
maybe
> >because foreigners so happily soak up U.S. movies, TV and music and
> >frequent McDonald's and Starbucks.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Overall, 68 percent of those questioned said they had a favorable
> >opinion of Americans, compared to 23 percent with a negative view.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Eighty-six percent of Russians, 81 percent of Israelis, 74 percent of
> >Japanese and 73 percent of Canadians reported positive views of
Americans.
> >The lowest figure was in Spain, where 47 percent said they had a positive
> >view and 32 percent negative.
> >
> >
> >
> >   In nine countries, huge majorities said they had an unfavorable
opinion
> >of Bush, whom critics accuse of conducting a unilateralist foreign policy
> >that disregards the views of other nations, even close friends.
> >
> >
> >
> >   The president may not be bothered by the results - he says he makes
> >decisions for the good of America even if they make him unpopular
overseas.
> >
> >
> >
> >   People in all 10 countries were asked who they hoped to see win the
> >White House Nov. 2. Kerry was favored in eight of the nations including
> >France, where 72 percent supported him compared to 16 percent for Bush.
> >
> >
> >
> >   In South Korea, it was 68 percent for Kerry and 18 percent for Bush;
in
> >Canada, 60 percent to 20 percent; in Spain, 58 percent to 13 percent; 54
> >percent to 28 percent in Australia; and 50 percent to 22 percent in
> >Britain.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Bush came out on top in Israel by a margin of 50 percent to 24 percent
> >and in Russia, 52 percent to 48 percent.
> >
> >
> >
> >   On Iraq, 68 percent of people - majorities in seven out of eight
> >countries - said the U.S. was wrong to invade, while 25 percent thought
war
> >was the right decision.
> >
> >
> >
> >   In an Associated Press poll this fall, a majority surveyed in eight
> >countries said they believed the Iraq war has increased the threat of
> >terrorism. Just over half of respondents in the United States and
> >two-thirds or more of respondents in Australia, Britain, Canada, France,
> >Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain said they believed Iraq has increased
the
> >terrorist threat, according to the AP-Ipsos polls.
> >
> >
> >
> >   The newspapers involved in the polling published Friday were La Presse
> >in Canada, Le Monde in France, the Guardian in Britain, El Pais in Spain,
> >Asahi Shimbun in Japan, JoongAng Ilbo in South Korea, the Sydney Morning
> >Herald and Melbourne Age in Australia, Reforma in Mexico, Haaretz in
Israel
> >and the Moscow News in Russia.
> >
> >
> >
> >   The sample sizes in the 10 polls varied from 522 people in Israel to
> >1,417 in Australia. Margins of error were mostly around 3 percentage
> >points, but varied between 2.6 percent and 4.38 percent. The polls were
> >conducted on different dates from September through early October.
> >
> >
> >
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