Poll: Many think US wants world domination

[rumguy]

" A majority of people living in Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkey say they believe the U.S. is conducting its campaign against terror to control Mideast oil and to dominate the world, according to an international poll released Tuesday.

The governments in all four Muslim-majority countries have strong ties with the U.S. government.

A sizable number of people in France, Germany and Russia also have these suspicions about the campaign against terror, according to the Pew Global Attitudes Project.

The polls were taken in February, before the train bombings in Spain that claimed the lives of at least 200 people."

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/03/16/poll/index.html

[salinen]

1. Message to world

I feel the same and am as helpless as a regular citizen in Turkey to do anything to stop this horrid regime.

[iamjoy]

2. Pinky And The Brain

[rumguy]

6. Does that mean the terrorists win?

[NNN0LHI]

3. But I thought they hated us for our freedoms?

:shrug:

[eaprez]

5. and our ....

..."way of life"...you forgot that. What does that mean, anyway "our way of life"?

[swag]

4. Those net-savvy Muslims

They have all obviously read the Cheney-Perle-Wolfowitz plans at

http://www.newamericancentury.org/

[central scrutinizer]

7. another focus group

who cares what they think

[Jacobin]

8. I would say that they are correct in that assessment.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

9. Ken Adelman (on BBC about 2 hours ago)

was debating Harold Pinter over Iraq & US power. On this, he said something like: "You can hardly move in some Arab countries for people queueing outside embassies to get into the US"

(very approximate quote -- I was too busy laughing at him to pay that much attention! -- he kept saying to Pinter: "I love your plays! They're all about hope!" then claimed that the US didn't have a military presence in Afghanistan until conceeding -- "well, just a few special forces" and so on)

[Moderator]

10. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x425959