In a poll taken by Zogby, Obama's popularity is now lower than at anytime in during Bush43 presidency. Sooooooo, how is that "hope and change" working out for all of us? Remember when the Libs would criticize "cowboy" Bush and argue that "if we treated our so-called 'enemies' with the same respect we hold for every human being, things would be quite different in this world of war and tumult" ?? Remember that kind of verbal crap? I do. I first heard it during the Carter Error, and more than once since then. Obama has been play the fool in the Arab world and has not secured the future for the United States over and above what Bush did. In fact, we are in worse standing in the Middle Eastern world than ever before.
From Zogby
President Obama, whose standing abroad helped earn him a Nobel Peace Prize in his first year in office, has declined in popularity in the Arab world since his Cairo speech in the summer of 2009. From an American Arab Institute poll conducted by Zogby International:
With the 2008 election of Barack Obama, favorable attitudes toward the U.S. more than doubled in many Arab countries. But in the two years since his famous “Cairo speech,” ratings for both the U.S. and the President have spiraled downwards. The President is seen overwhelmingly as failing to meet the expectations set during his speech, and the vast majority of those surveyed disagree with U.S policies.
In five out of the six countries surveyed, the U.S. was viewed less favorably than Turkey, China, France—or Iran. Far from seeing the U.S. as a leader in the post-Arab Spring environment, the countries surveyed viewed “U.S. interference in the Arab world” as the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East, second only to the continued Palestinian occupation.
Full poll results here.
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