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Poll of 15 nations says that
US forces in Iraq is greater threat to world peace
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US popularity is waning
rapidly
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US’s closest allies and
emerging allies think of the US as a “problem”
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A poll of people in Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Russia rated the
presence of US troops in Iraq is a greater threat to world peace than the
Government of Iran and such opinion was even lower in Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan,
Turkey, and Pakistan. The Pew Research Centre spokesperson said "We are seen by
many of our allies as a problem."
In Britain, the United States' closest ally in Iraq, while 41% of those
surveyed said the US military presence in Iraq was a danger to world peace only
34 per cent described the Iran Government as a danger. Iran's nuclear program
has been described as a serious threat by international leaders, who have been
pressuring Iran to drop it. Leaders of the US, Russia, China, France and
Britain and Germany have offered Iran a number of incentives to suspend uranium
enrichment.
The poll found that the brief American image rebound in some countries last
year after it gave donations to tsunami victims have disappeared. The poll of
populations of 15 nations found that overall support for the US-led war on
terrorism had declined even among its closest allies. Worse, favorable opinions
of the US continue to fall with sharp declines in Spain, Turkey and India.
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