SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE AT LEAST WARNED THEM...:

Arab world’s views of U.S., President Obama increasingly negative, new poll finds (Jason Ukman, 7/.12/11, Washington Post)

In most countries surveyed, favorable attitudes toward the United States dropped to levels lower than they were during the last year of the Bush administration. The killing of Osama bin Laden also worsened attitudes toward the United States.

In Saudi Arabia, for instance, 30 percent of respondents said they had a favorable view of the United States (compared with 41 percent in 2009), while roughly 5 percent said the same in Egypt (compared with 30 percent in 2009).

“The very high expectations that were created in 2009 – there’s been a letdown since then,” said James Zogby, the president and founder of the Arab American Institute, of which the foundation is an affiliate.

Fewer than 10 percent of respondents described themselves as having a favorable view of Obama. The president’s ratings were the lowest on “the Palestinian issue” and “engagement with the Muslim world,” as the categories were described in the survey.

...that he was going to be W, but without the vision or the ability to communicate it.

Posted by oj at July 15, 2011 5:28 AM
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