The hopes for Obama "doing" something to resolve tensions between the US and the Muslim world post the terrible Bush years, are fast evaporating. The so-called Obama Cairo speech last year has done little to arrest the growing unfavourable view of Obama and the US in the Muslim world.
Glenn Greenwald in "Obama's growing unpopularity in the Muslim world" on Salon, writes:
"In June, a Gallup poll revealed a substantial decline in public opinion in the Muslim world toward both the U.S. and Barack Obama personally, with approval ratings in many key nations collapsing to Bush-era levels. Now, a new poll from the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution -- in conjunction with the University of Maryland and Zogby -- reveals many of the same developments and, in some cases, even worse ones. The poll, taken during the first two weeks of July in six predominantly Muslim nations (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco, Lebanon and Jordan), found -- in the words of the summary -- "a substantial change in the assessment of President Obama, both as President of the United States and of Obama personally."
Read the piece, in full, here, for a revealing assessment of how the Muslim world views the US - and no less importantly, Israel.
Glenn Greenwald in "Obama's growing unpopularity in the Muslim world" on Salon, writes:
"In June, a Gallup poll revealed a substantial decline in public opinion in the Muslim world toward both the U.S. and Barack Obama personally, with approval ratings in many key nations collapsing to Bush-era levels. Now, a new poll from the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution -- in conjunction with the University of Maryland and Zogby -- reveals many of the same developments and, in some cases, even worse ones. The poll, taken during the first two weeks of July in six predominantly Muslim nations (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco, Lebanon and Jordan), found -- in the words of the summary -- "a substantial change in the assessment of President Obama, both as President of the United States and of Obama personally."
Read the piece, in full, here, for a revealing assessment of how the Muslim world views the US - and no less importantly, Israel.
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