British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il

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From: Brian Randell <[email protected]>
Date: November 4, 2006 12:14:19 PM EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il

Dave:

If this wasn't carried in the US media you might want it for IP. It  
was in  yesterday's UK Guardian (front page main lead):

Cheers

Brian

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British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il

· US allies think Washington threat to world peace
· Only Bin Laden feared more in United Kingdom

Julian Glover
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian

America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest  
neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public  
opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's  
reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of  
Iraq.

Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an  
election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British  
voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either  
the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president,  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US  
president as part of an "axis of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now  
alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.

The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and  
leading newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto  
Star) and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling  
in each country.

It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those  
questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe  
since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has  
increased global security.

The finding is mirrored in America's immediate northern and southern  
neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of  
Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US  
policy.

Even in Israel, which has long looked to America to guarantee  
national security, support for the US has slipped.

Only one in four Israeli voters say that Mr Bush has made the world  
safer, outweighed by the number who think he has added to the risk of  
international conflict, 36% to 25%. A further 30% say that at best he  
has made no difference.

. . .

Full story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/ 
0,,1938433,00.html


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