Whaddaya know... China has a better image internationally than the U.S....

well, after stepping all over our collective you-know-what for nearly 5 years of the bush administration, why would we be surprised...?

The United States’ image is so tattered overseas two years after the Iraq invasion that China, which is ruled by a communist dictatorship, is viewed more favorably than the U.S. in many countries, an international poll found.

it isn't just the iraq invasion... it started before that...

Eleven of the 16 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center — Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan and Indonesia — had a more favorable view of China than the United States.

and it's virtually all about bush...

The survey found that a majority in most countries say the United States doesn’t take the interests of other countries into account when making international policy decisions. It also found most would like to see another country get as much military power as the United States, though few want China to play that role. People in most countries were more inclined to say the war in Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place.

People in other countries who had unfavorable views of the United States were most likely to cite Bush as the reason rather than a general problem with America.

that confirms the experience i've had time after time on my foreign travels... after a polite period of get-acquainted conversation, the question invariably comes: "what do you think about boooosh...?"

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