[IP] British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il
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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 4, 2006 12:14:19 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il
Dave:
If this wasn't carried in the US media you might want it for IP. It
was in yesterday's UK Guardian (front page main lead):
Cheers
Brian
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British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il
· US allies think Washington threat to world peace
· Only Bin Laden feared more in United Kingdom
Julian Glover
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian
America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest
neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public
opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's
reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of
Iraq.
Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an
election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British
voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either
the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US
president as part of an "axis of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now
alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.
The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and
leading newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto
Star) and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling
in each country.
It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those
questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe
since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has
increased global security.
The finding is mirrored in America's immediate northern and southern
neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of
Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US
policy.
Even in Israel, which has long looked to America to guarantee
national security, support for the US has slipped.
Only one in four Israeli voters say that Mr Bush has made the world
safer, outweighed by the number who think he has added to the risk of
international conflict, 36% to 25%. A further 30% say that at best he
has made no difference.
. . .
Full story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/
0,,1938433,00.html
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