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Apologies Have Not Quelled Anti-American Attitudes

Obama’s policy of American penance has not softened anti-American attitudes in the Middle East, writes Fouad Ajami, citing the 2009 Pew Global Attitudes Survey:

In the Palestinian territories, 15% have a favorable view of the U.S. while 82% have an unfavorable view. The Obama speech in Ankara didn’t seem to help in Turkey, where the favorables are 14% and those unreconciled, 69%. In Egypt, a country that’s reaped nearly 40 years of American aid, things stayed roughly the same: 27% have a favorable view of the U.S. while 70% do not. In Pakistan, a place of great consequence for American power, our standing has deteriorated: The unfavorables rose from 63% in 2008 to 68% this year.

Posted on 11/30/09 03:30 PM by Alex Adrianson | Blog Archive

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