Poll reveals world anger at Bush

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Eight out of 10 countries favour Kerry for president

Alan Travis, home affairs editor
Friday October 15, 2004

George Bush has squandered a wealth of sympathy around the world
towards America since September 11 with public opinion in 10
leading countries - including some of its closest allies - growing
more hostile to the United States while he has been in office.
According to a survey, voters in eight out of the 10 countries,
including Britain, want to see the Democrat challenger, John Kerry,
defeat President Bush in next month's US presidential election.

The poll, conducted by 10 of the world's leading newspapers,
including France's Le Monde, Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Canada's La
Presse, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Guardian, also shows that
on balance world opinion does not believe that the war in Iraq has
made a positive contribution to the fight against terror.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/viewsofamerica/story/0,15221,1327568,00.html

A poorly written australian version of this article is on LBN, and
has destroyed the resulting thread, so i'm posting the better
article here in GD.

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1. worth having a look left coast

last call kick :-)

[Swede]

2. This is not going to surprise anyone on DU.

What surprises me is the people that support Bush (though it is a small minority).

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3. I was rather intrigued at the 2 supporting states

Russia and Israel. Both of them are running an organized race
pogrom against their islamic populations, and of course they support
anyone who will side with them in organized apartheid.

Really Israel is no different than south africa in its apartheid,
and to call such a nation a "friend" is disgusting. To be admired
by bottom-feeder nations like that is a sign of how propaganda is
being used, rather than "truth".

As well, per some previous chats on DU, it appears american people
are disliked by about 1 out of 4 people in most nations queried.
That would explain the issuance of a guide on not being an asshole
abroad... indeed.