They Still Hate Us!

[BlueStateSaint]

I found this on RedState.  Maybe it wasn't that eeeeevvvil Bush's fault after all . . .

Why the World Still Hates America by Katty Kay

They Still Hate Us!

After Barack Obama’s election, the world was supposed to fall in love with America again. But as the BBC’s Katty Kay notes, a new poll shows that that the world isn’t in any hurry to forgive.

Remember how there was no contest between Barack and Hillary in the Paris primary? How the voters of North London picked Obama over McCain in overwhelming numbers? And then how President Obama was going to transform America’s image in the world overnight? Well, not so much.

According to a new BBC poll, those ungrateful foreigners have embraced America’s new president without really changing their opinion of the United States as a whole. The poll of 21 countries (including Ghana, where, incidentally, views of the US have improved, so that’s a big relief) was conducted after the U.S. election. It suggests the world is optimistic that Obama will improve international relations but there has been no corresponding surge in pro-American sentiment. Views of the U.S. have improved, modestly, but are still predominantly negative.

It seems we’ve fallen head over heels for the new cool guy in the White House but we’re not yet ready to commit to a long-term relationship with the rest of the American family. (As a long term resident of the U.S. with three American children, I allow myself free passage between “them” and “us” on the status of foreigners.) After eight years of what’s been referred to as domestic abuse, the world is still wary and simply trading George for Barack isn’t sufficient.

“What it says is that it wasn’t just George Bush’s personality that made America so unpopular, but there are underlying foreign policy issues,” says Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, which conducted the BBC poll. “[Obama’s] election alone is not enough to turn the tide. People are still looking to see if there are significant changes in U.S. policies.”

It goes on from there, but you'll have to go to the link . . .

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-06/they-still-hate-us/

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I say we compromise.

We send Obama to the rest of the world and keep the US to ourselves.

[JohnnyReb]

I don't care how much you pay a prostitute all you gonna get is sex, never love. We've paid the world dearly and all we get in return is "F*** You". So why do we keep paying? 

[Redstatecka]

It seems we’ve fallen head over heels for the new cool guy in the White House but we’re not yet ready to commit to a long-term relationship with the rest of the American family.

Even though I've lots of European blood running through my veins, it became American over 300 years ago.

So, personally, I don't care if they care for us colonialists or whatever they call us.

My ancestors had the good sense and courage to escape from Europe. The Euros are just p***** that they lack the testicularity to do the same.

BTW: Please, take Obama. Please.

[Peter3_1]

I care not if we are liked or disliked as long as we are genuinely feared. This sucking up has given us nothing.

[Redstatecka]

I care not if we are liked or disliked as long as we are genuinely feared. This sucking up has given us nothing.

Amen.

[ironhorsedriver]

Yes, all the countries that the US has bailed out, spilled blood for, or paid bills for hate us. And they will continue to do so, until the next time they need our blood or money.