Groveling Doesn't Win Popularity Contests

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Groveling doesn't win popularity contests Jul 14, 2011
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Interesting survey results from the Arab world. Apparently Obama's Middle East tour, policy changes, apologies and condemnation of past American presidents has actually made the United States less popular there.

In 2008, the final year of the Bush administration, only 9 percent of Egyptians had a favorable attitude towards the United States. A year later, after Obama took office, that number jumped to 30 percent. But now it has plummeted to just 5 percent of Egyptians who view the United States favorably.

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In Egypt and Jordan, only 3 percent of people polled said they agreed with Obama’s policies in the region, compared to 31 percent and 20 percent who said they agreed with the Iranian president’s. In Saudi Arabia, only 10 percent agreed with Obama’s policies, compared to 4 percent who said they agreed with the Iranian president.


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