Obama's ratings ebb in Muslim world

[oberliner]

Reporting from Washington — Confidence in President Obama among the world's Muslims is slipping, according to a poll of global attitudes that also found widespread concern that the United States remains a go-it-alone nation even under the new administration.

The survey, by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, found support for Obama strong in most nations, even as his rating at home has slipped. But in five of seven Muslim-majority nations that were polled, his popularity slid over the last year, winning approval ratings from about one-third or less of respondents.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/17/world/la-fg-obama-global-20100618

[Billy Burnett]

1. I guess that US drones blowing up weddings isn't winning hearts and minds. eom

[oberliner]

2. That was quite some time ago, wasn't it?

What do you think accounts for the recent dip?

[Uzybone]

3. He is President on the USA

unless he does something really radical (like declare Israel a terrorist state), his approval rating in the Muslim world will not be good.

Not to mention 2 wars still on going.

This really is not noteworthy. The Muslim world hates the US.

[jonnyblitz]

4. oh, gee, I don't know, his supporter of the Israeli's when they

attacked the turkish flotilla perhaps? :shrug:

[oberliner]

5. The survey was conducted in April, before the flotilla incident nt

[LaFeminist]

6. The fact that it was before the flotilla incident makes it even more noteworthy

Imagine what the sentiments are now after an event that was condemned in the whole Muslim world and most of the Western world.

[oberliner]

7. What do you think caused the dip?

Since it was before the flotilla incident, what do you think were the reasons behind the drop?

[Martello]

8. Drone attacks, civilians killed by other weapons, cover-ups

Cover-ups such as the pregnant women whose bodies were tampered with in order to withdraw bullets that incriminated soldiers, etc.

Now state your belief as to why the dip occured.

[Robb]

9. Ootsie.