British see Bush as bigger threat than Kim Jong Il or Iran
Guardian
British voters see US President Bush as a greater threat to world peace than either the North Korean leader or the Iranian president, according to a poll.
The international survey by ICM for the Guardian newspaper in Britain and publications and newspapers in Israel, Canada and Mexico, exposes high levels of distrust in US policy.
In Britain 69% of those questioned believed US policy had made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan had increased global security.
Results also showed opinion against the Iraq war has hardened strongly since a similar survey before the US presidential election in 2004.
In Britain 71% of voters said the invasion was unjustified, a view shared by 89% of Mexicans and 73% of Canadians.
The poll also ranked President Bush with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety.
The US leader is outranked by Osama Bin Laden in all four countries, but the results are close in Britain, where 87% of those questioned think the al Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace compared to 75% who think the same of President Bush.
The US president is also seen as a more dangerous man than Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, President of Iran, who 62% of voters think is a risk, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (69%) and the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah (65%).
Only 10% of British voters think President Bush poses no danger at all.
ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,010 adults in the UK by telephone between October 27 and 30 as part of the survey. Read more
db: I had a patriotic moment there. But I feel better now.
British voters see US President Bush as a greater threat to world peace than either the North Korean leader or the Iranian president, according to a poll.
The international survey by ICM for the Guardian newspaper in Britain and publications and newspapers in Israel, Canada and Mexico, exposes high levels of distrust in US policy.
In Britain 69% of those questioned believed US policy had made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan had increased global security.
Results also showed opinion against the Iraq war has hardened strongly since a similar survey before the US presidential election in 2004.
In Britain 71% of voters said the invasion was unjustified, a view shared by 89% of Mexicans and 73% of Canadians.
The poll also ranked President Bush with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety.
The US leader is outranked by Osama Bin Laden in all four countries, but the results are close in Britain, where 87% of those questioned think the al Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace compared to 75% who think the same of President Bush.
The US president is also seen as a more dangerous man than Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, President of Iran, who 62% of voters think is a risk, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (69%) and the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah (65%).
Only 10% of British voters think President Bush poses no danger at all.
ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,010 adults in the UK by telephone between October 27 and 30 as part of the survey. Read more
db: I had a patriotic moment there. But I feel better now.
posted by exoplanet at 4:57 PM
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Its good that this is also being picked up in America as well. This from Americablog.com today:-
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Bush together with leaders of "Evil Empire"
by Chris in Paris - 11/04/2006 04:00:00 AM
That's how many of our traditional friends perceive our president these days. All of those ruined relationships and for what?
In Britain, which alongside Israel is traditionally a close Washington ally, 69 percent of those questioned said they felt U.S. policy had made the world less safe since 2001.
A majority of Canadians and Mexicans agreed, with 62 percent of those polled in Canada and 57 percent in Mexico saying their neighbor's policy had made the world more dangerous.
As for Israel, just 25 percent of people asked said Bush had made the world safer, while 36 percent felt he had upped the risk of conflict and a further 30 percent said at best he had made no difference.
And now for his mix of company among world favorites.
The perceived failings of U.S. foreign policy placed Bush alongside al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a cause of global anxiety, it said.
I hope our US friends don't take it the wrong way - otherwise it may actually lead to a spike in popularity for the world's Number 2 [and climbing] terrorist.
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