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Israel and Iran: Most Hated

Changleen

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A new BBC survey has found that Israel and Iran are now the least popular countries in the world. US not doing great either.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6421597.stm

Israel, Iran top 'negative list'

A majority of people believe that Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

It shows that the two countries are closely followed by the United States and North Korea.

The poll asked 28,000 people in 27 countries to rate a dozen countries plus the EU in terms of whether they have a positive or negative influence.

Canada, Japan and the EU are viewed most positively in the survey.

'Traditional divides'

In January, the BBC World Service revealed polling results that suggested most people think the US has a mainly negative influence in the world - and that the numbers had increased significantly in the last couple of years.

This latest GlobeScan survey, mostly of the same people, confirms those findings.

But it also suggests that two countries are viewed even more negatively - first Israel, and then Iran.

North Korea is just behind the US.

Israel, of course, has long provoked sharp international reactions, and last year was involved in a controversial war in Lebanon.

Iran and North Korea have both been at the centre of international disputes over their nuclear programmes.



Canada, Japan, and the EU are viewed most positively, perhaps because they have all taken less high-profile roles in the world's recent confrontations.

India is one country in the survey that seems to have improved its standing in the last year.

In general, opinion seems to divide along the traditional fault lines of international politics.

Israel is viewed most negatively in the Muslim countries of the Middle East, although also in Europe.

Iran is viewed most positively in the Muslim world.

Japan is generally viewed positively, except in China and South Korea.

The EU similarly gets good marks, except most notably in Turkey, and also in parts of the Middle East.
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The full survey is available as a link from the BBC page.

Not really that surprising really. Pretty much mirrors what I'd expect anyway. Oh and YAY CANADA!
 
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Canada, Japan, and the EU are viewed most positively, perhaps because they have all taken less high-profile roles in the world's recent confrontations.
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When was the last time Canada took a role in ANY confrontation?
 
$tinkle

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i can understand why china may have a non-positive view of japan, but why south korea? whenever n.k. saber rattles, it's at s.k. & japan. is there an unrelated beef going back to wwii??
 
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$tinkle said:
i can understand why china may have a non-positive view of japan, but why south korea? whenever n.k. saber rattles, it's at s.k. & japan. is there an unrelated beef going back to wwii??
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Uh, Korea was annexed by Japan before WW1. My understanding is that everyone Asian hates the Japanese except the Japanese.
 
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I won't stand for our country being #3. With some hard work, dedication, and a lot of elbow grease, we can lay claim to being #1 next year. Co'mon guys, who is with me??
 
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reflux said:
I won't stand for our country being #3. With some hard work, dedication, and a lot of elbow grease, we can lay claim to being #1 next year. Co'mon guys, who is with me??
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Like a 'murrican guy once said to me "Hey we are sure doing a good job of uniting the world, against us. It's like you guys all just became one big country."

"We did." I replied, "We've even got our own flag."

"Oh yeah, what's it like?"

"Same as yours, 'cept it's on fire."
 
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$tinkle said:
i can understand why china may have a non-positive view of japan, but why south korea? whenever n.k. saber rattles, it's at s.k. & japan. is there an unrelated beef going back to wwii??
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Thats because the Chinese, as well as the N.Koreans, view the Korean conflict in a different way than we in the west do. They view the SK/US side as the agressors.
I also view that we've been fed a twisted onesided propaganda of what has happened there. The other side never got their word out.
 
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fluff said:
Like a 'murrican guy once said to me "Hey we are sure doing a good job of uniting the world, against us. It's like you guys all just became one big country."

"We did." I replied, "We've even got our own flag."

"Oh yeah, what's it like?"

"Same as yours, 'cept it's on fire."
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I'm not going to comment that out of fear for my e-life.
 
rockwool

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Since when is the EU a country?
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It's not even though it's on a good way towards that but has been dealyed by the democratic ruling of some member nations people, like Ireland, that were given the right to vote on the new constitution of the EU. Swedes were over run by the Socialdemocratic government last year that said that there was no need for a referendum, in an important subject like this, as it was a representative elected government to deside this.

The action of the Socialdemocrats was out of fear that the people would vote against the furthering of the EU into a US like empire, just like it had voted clearly against the EMU just a year or so earlier (and that was despite massive funding for advertisment for the EMU side).

Bottom line, the EU shares the same foreign policy, just like a single country.
 
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$tinkle said:
i can understand why china may have a non-positive view of japan, but why south korea? whenever n.k. saber rattles, it's at s.k. & japan. is there an unrelated beef going back to wwii??
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To paraphrase one of N8's favourites, the Japanese loved korea like OJ loved Nicole.
The Japanese basically used Korea as a factory, the men were slaves, the women forced into whoredom. Get enough sake into a Japanese right-winger and they'll tell you that SK wouldn't be half the success it is today if it wasn't for the Japanese.
 
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rockwool said:
It's not even though it's on a good way towards that but has been dealyed by the democratic ruling of some member nations people, like Ireland, that were given the right to vote on the new constitution of the EU. Swedes were over run by the Socialdemocratic government last year that said that there was no need for a referendum, in an important subject like this, as it was a representative elected government to deside this.

The action of the Socialdemocrats was out of fear that the people would vote against the furthering of the EU into a US like empire, just like it had voted clearly against the EMU just a year or so earlier (and that was despite massive funding for advertisment for the EMU side).

Bottom line, the EU shares the same foreign policy, just like a single country.
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Do you think it might be a good idea for you to do some study on "rhetorical questions"?
 
$tinkle

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John Howard does need to STFU.
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why? b/c he refuses to cow to whiny muslim clerics who claim they're being oppressed & want to impart sharia law in australia?

or was there something else you had in mind?

edit: oh, i recall some barack obama flap from a few weeks back; can't a man have a opposing opinion? certainly there would seem to be a double standard if he had the "wrong" opinion.

whatev...
 
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$tinkle said:
why? b/c he refuses to cow to whiny muslim clerics who claim they're being oppressed & want to impart sharia law in australia?

or was there something else you had in mind?

edit: oh, i recall some barack obama flap from a few weeks back; can't a man have a opposing opinion? certainly there would seem to be a double standard if he had the "wrong" opinion.

whatev...
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I guess being a yank your not too "up with the play" on the local (oceania region) news coverage/issues. But speaking as someone that follows the news from around here.... Howard is generally seen as being whiney and a bit of a boot licker. :clue:
 
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