Pew Poll shows the World doesn't trust us

Well, not us, but our "leadership".

From the UK's Guardian:

Environment and US policy top global fears

· Worldwide support for withdrawal of Iraq troops
· But Putin scores worse than Bush in huge survey

Simon Tisdall in Washington
Thursday June 28, 2007
The Guardian

Growing numbers of people worldwide view environmental problems, pollution, infectious diseases, nuclear proliferation and the widening gap between rich and poor as the most menacing threats facing the planet, according to a 47-nation survey published yesterday by the US-based Pew Global Attitudes Project.
The survey, which conducted more than 45,000 interviews, finds that global opinion is increasingly wary of the world's dominant countries but also unimpressed by aspiring leaders in Iran and Venezuela who challenge the international status quo. In contrast, the UN receives strong support.

The US comes in for sharp criticism. "Global distrust of American leadership is reflected in increasing disapproval of the cornerstones of US foreign policy," the survey says. "Not only is there worldwide support for a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq but there is also considerable opposition to US and Nato operations in Afghanistan ... The US image remains abysmal in most Muslim countries in the Middle East and Asia and continues to decline among the publics of America's oldest allies."
Nine per cent of Turks, 13% of Palestinians and 15% of Pakistanis take a favourable view of the US. In Germany, the figure is 30%, in France 39% and in Britain 51% - all down on previous surveys. Only in Israel, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya do majorities believe US forces should stay in Iraq.

In an implicit rejection of the Bush administration's "freedom agenda", the survey also finds "a broad and deepening dislike of American values and a global backlash against the spread of American ideas and customs. Majorities or pluralities in most countries surveyed say they dislike American ideas about democracy."

And among key allies in western Europe, the view that the US unilaterally ignores the interests of other countries is deep-rooted. Overall attitudes to the US are broadly positive in most African countries, Japan, South Korea and Poland.

This all from the Bush admin's arrogant, push it in your face attitude!

Protests in Italy and the Czech Rep. on US Radar Bases

Two Countries, two protests, Italy and the Csech Republic. These bases that the US plans to build are part of the admin's plan to build missle defense systems. Have you heard this from the MSM?

From Italy:

Italians Protest Planned U.S. Base Expansion
Thousands of people are expected to protest in the northern Italian city of Vicenza Saturday against plans to expand a U.S. military base there.

The protest comes as relations between Italy and the United States are under some strain. Friday, a judge indicted 26 Americans accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.

And last week, another Italian judge ordered that a U.S. Marine should stand trial for the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq.

And from the Czech Republic:

Some 300 people protest U.S. base in CzechRep
Some 300 people protested in Jince against the plans to station a U.S. radar station in the Brdy military district some 70km southwest away from Prague today.

They branded posters reading "No to bases in CR," "No to war," "No to imperialism."

Most of them signed a petition for a referendum to be held on the base.

A female participant in the protest action told CTK that people miss information about the radar base. She said she tried Freephone which the Central Bohemia Region has launched.

"I learned lies. For instance, that the radar will be built within the European Union," the woman told CTK.

She also said that information about the impact of the radar on people´s health is missing. In other countries similar facilities are built outside populated areas, here they should stand close to municipalities.

The esteem of the US has fallen throughout the world. We've become what we faught in the past.