U.S. soars in world popularity charts - but will is last (Iraq, middle east)

[Finn_Jarber]

U.S. soars in world popularity charts post Iraq ? but will it last? - U.S. News

Favorable global feelings toward the United States have returned to 2002 levels, matching generally warm, pro-American sentiments measured just prior to the Iraq War: 64 percent of the planet’s inhabitants tend to like America, according to numbers tabulated for NBC News by the Pew Research Center.

That equates to a 13-point rise in American favorability among the same 19 nations surveyed by Pew in 2007. The Pew team polled people in countries spanning from Pakistan, where only 11 percent of locals today back the United States, to Ghana where 83 percent of the populace is pro-American, Pew figures show.

But that post-Iraq uptick in international American respect already is believed to be eroding and will ultimately decline, yanked lower by a complex Middle Eastern brew: how the U.S. government has reacted to Arab uprisings and the continuing disarray in Syria and Egypt plus the U.S. military’s wildly unpopular use of drone strikes against suspected Muslim militants, foreign policy experts contend

In short: America appeared enroute to at least re-approaching favorite-child status in the planetary family, but that moment may be slipping away

[Finn_Jarber]

Reading the numbers many non-US people have a more favorable view of US than many Americans.

[lionsgators]

other countries are happy that the country is going into the toilet. it's not that they like us, they are enjoying our demise.

[pknopp]

Interesting.......in the vast majority of cases the favorability rating is lower but yet they are able to state it's the same.

[CravingMountains]

Why is Europe liking us less these days? Except for Italy and France all the other Euro countries like us less than they did ten years ago.

[lycos679]

Originally Posted by InsaneTraveler

Why is Europe liking us less these days? Except for Italy and France all the other Euro countries like us less than they did ten years ago.

My guess is Iraq and Bush/Cheney. Notice how we became more favorable after 2007?

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by lionsgators

other countries are happy that the country is going into the toilet. it's not that they like us, they are enjoying our demise.

This is very likely true.

[Fox Terrier]

Except for Jordan, Pakistan, and Kenya, our 'favorable' rating has shot up from the depths they were in during the Bush administration.

Understandable for those countries.

[Ponderosa]

Obama continues to clean up the mess that Bush left behind.

[Hot_Handz]

Because the MSM and perception are very powerful things...

Some people in America think Sweden is Utopia and never stepped foot in the country....where does this sentiment come from?

Wow man...unreal...