*OT* Ha...liberting the country (Kuwait) only gets us a 28% approval rating? Geez....what would be had we done nothing?
Majority of Muslims polled view U.S. unfavorably
February 26, 2002 Posted: 3:27 PM EST (2027 GMT)
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- A majority of people interviewed in nine Muslim countries had unfavorable opinions of the United States and President Bush, according to a new Gallup poll.
Most respondents also said they think the U.S. military action in Afghanistan is morally unjustified.
Researchers conducted face-to-face interviews with 9,924 residents of Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to gauge public opinion in those countries following the September 11 attacks on the United States. About half of the world's Muslim population lives in those nine countries.
In the survey, 53 percent of the people questioned had unfavorable opinions of the United States, while 22 percent had favorable opinions.
A favorable opinion of the United States was highest in Lebanon, at 41 percent, and Turkey, at 40 percent, and lowest in Pakistan, at 5 percent. Twenty-eight percent of Kuwaitis had a favorable opinion...... |
