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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Smart Diplomacy! Support for U.S. in Mideast Lower Than Under Bush
by Jammie
Barack Obama sure has brought the world together. Now everyone hates us.
Heckuva job, Bammy!
Despite downgrading the trip, many see Obama’s arrival as the sequel to
his 2009 visit to Cairo, where he announced a “new beginning” with the
Muslim world. Four years later, that doesn’t auger well for renewed efforts
in Israel and the West Bank. According to the latest survey by the Pew
Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project, confidence in Obama in Muslim
countries dropped from 33% to 24% in his first term. Approval of Obama’s
policies declined even further, from 34% to 15%. And support for the United
States in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Pakistan is lower today than it was in
2008 in the closing year of George W. Bush’s administration. That collapse
of support has not happened elsewhere.
In his Cairo speech, Obama pledged a relationship between America and
Muslims around the world “based on mutual interest and mutual respect.”
But in 2013, interests are diverging, and respect is in short supply.
Of all the strained relationships in the Middle East, the partnership
with Israel is the most important and potentially the most easily repaired.
Obama is not popular in the country. A poll released last week showed he had
a scant 10% approval rating in Israel, with an additional 32% saying they
respect but don’t like him.
Those numbers will catch up with him in this country before long once the
media admits what a colossal failure he is. |
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