Sunday, October 21, 2012

2011 Zogby poll, Obama has propelled anti-Americanism to all time high in Muslim world, higher than it was under George Bush

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9/19/2011,  How Obama’s destabilizing the world, Salon.com, Nick Turse

A recent Zogby poll of respondents in six Arab countries -- Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — found that, taking over from a president who had propelled anti-Americanism in the Muslim world to an all-time high, Obama managed to drive such attitudes even higher. Substantial majorities of Arabs in every country now view the U.S. as not contributing “to peace and stability in the Arab World.”…

As recent polling in arc nations indicates, people of the global south see the United States as promoting or sustaining, not preventing, instability, and objective measures bear out their claims….

It remains to be seen what pretexts the Obama administration will rely on to continue a failed policy — one that seems certain to make the world more volatile and put American citizens at greater risk.”"

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US media silent about Obama support of the weapons industry which ships enough weapons to the Middle East to keep every man, woman, and child armed indefinitely:


5/17/11, "Our goal is to develop a long-term policy to protect that base [the weapons market] as we slow defense spending,(Obama Deputy Secretary of Defense William) Lynn said. America’s Middle Eastern allies are seen as a significant partner in this effort."

5/17/11, "Obama's Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?" The Nation, Nick Turse



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