Results of 2010 BBC World Service poll of views of various countries of US influence

[Joe McCarthy]

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi..._Apr10_rpt.pdf

Country Positive Negative

United States 60% 22%
Canada 44% 38%
Central America 64% 24%
Chile 55% 26%
Brazil 53% 35%
Mexico 13% 49%
Portugal 57% 20%
Italy 56% 22%
United Kingdom 48% 35%
France 45% 39%
Spain 40% 33%
Germany 39% 47%
Russia 25% 50%
Egypt 45% 29%
Turkey 13% 70%
Kenya 85% 10%
Ghana 72% 13%
Nigeria 64% 32%
Philippines 82% 8%
South Korea 57% 38%
Thailand 49% 35%
Azerbaijan 44% 38%
India 39% 28%
Australia 37% 38%
Indonesia 36% 39%
Japan 34% 18%
China 29% 44%
Pakistan 9% 52%

[Joe McCarthy]

Some surprises here, and some that are predictable. The Muslim countries score very unfavorable, whilst Russia scores worse than China, and Germany scores barely better than China. The Philippines scores better than all of the European countries on the list. Mexico also scores very poorly, notably compared to Central America. And Nigeria scores more favorable than Britain. Also to be observed is the relatively poor score of Australia, which is odd.

What to make of this?

[Joe McCarthy]

http://www.sjusd.org/leland/teachers...i_american.pdf

A traveler need go no further than Mexico to find substantial anti-American sentiment. Mexico
has a long and tortured relationship with the US, including several US invasions. The States of
California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas were part of Mexico until the US annexed them.
Mexican Dictator Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915) once commented, “Poor Mexico — so far from God,
so close to the United States.”

http://www.topix.com/forum/news/immi...JVKANU0MQEQS6I

As our Congress considers legislation that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens anti-Americanism and racism continue to brew in Mexico.

While our leaders bow and kiss the ring of ’guilt activists’ the Mexican government pushes for amnesty because it allows them to continue to push their problems onto us.

1. During the 1993 Miss Universe pageant in Mexico Miss USA, Kenya Moore, was also booed and heckled.

2. During the 2004 Olympics soccer match in Mexico boos were hurled at the American team during the playing of the ’Star Spangled Banner.’ Mexico fans also shouted praise to Osama bin Laden when the American team was defeated by Mexico.

3. In a 2005 soccer match Mexican fans cheered Osama’s name again after booing during the American national anthem. Containers of urine were also thrown at American players.

4. Glass Bottles and insults were thrown at American fans during a 1998 soccer match between America and Mexico held in Los Angeles, California by Mexican fans. It was reported that most of the Mexican fans doing the bottle throwing and insulting were born and raised here in the United States.

This hatred built upon a fantasy of stolen land is rooted deep within Mexico and has been purposely encouraged by the Mexican government and elite. Hence, this modern immigrant activist politics that calls anyone who believes in American sovereignty, legal immigration, assimilation, border security and the rule of law a racist. It is the illegal aliens and the Mexican government who are the racists. They refuse to learn our language or assimilate once here. This shows a disdain for our traditional American culture and the English language. One just has to look at the photos from last years illegal immigrant marches in which the American born children of illegal and legal immigrants flew foreign flags, spoke in Spanish instead of English and defaced American flags.

[Mercury]

I'm surprised some of the European nations were that positive.

[Joe McCarthy]

I'm surprised some of the European nations were that positive.

I'm not. Maybe this stuff gets distorted by noisy internet fascists but average Europeans don't think like them. They're a small minority. Indeed, even average nationalist voters don't as the more successful European nationalist parties are more pro-American than the European average. Seems they've hit on the novel idea that good, not confrontational, relations with the US might be in Europe's best interests.

[Unurautare]

Pity it doesn't have Romania,I'd have a real basis for discussion. Military and maybe even economical(though I really-really doubt it and the IMF loans just proves my case,not to mention other things like shady government contracts with US based firms) the US presence might be good,especially for Eastern European countries,culturally however it's like cancer: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...g-foreign-aid/ . I've seen the US ambassador in Romania promoting liberal doctrine,including going at gay meetings => Anti-Romanian.