Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows

Thursday 12th June, 07:10 AM JST

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zurcronium at 08:30 PM JST - 18th June

DanManit,

if in the last five years you have not moderated your view of the constant failures, domestic and international, of the current occupier of the white house you are doomed to vote yet again for a fool.

The whining of the rah rah american right or wrong types on this board is all so transparently empty now. It was so five years ago at the start of the Iraqi invasion to those than see beyond the propaganda that the WH spit out in chuck size bits for the naive. Scotty has made that so clear now that even a neocon could understand.

The fact is that the French were right, Putin was right, the millions around the world including in Japan were right and the right-wing faith based bible thumpers who supported the invasion blindly were wrong. And we Americans who can tell truth from fiction were right as well. Its all documented in the JT archieves.

The USA has suffered terrible and our future is now morgaged to the hilt for a useless and phony war against a paper dictator who was created by the CIA anyway. Real patriotic Americans can see this and can now hope for better starting next year.
nightflesh at 08:30 PM JST - 18th June

ae2481 at 03:21 PM JST - 18th June

Everyone knows the US attacked Iraq because of Oil. You want peace? Mind your own business.

America has done this twice and we got Pearl Habor and 9/11. and that's all Im going to say in these comments.
nightflesh at 08:33 PM JST - 18th June

Ok one more thing.

Most people hate USA because you have a better chance of being successful and powerful in USA than you do in any country. People who hate are usually the ones who dont succeed.
zurcromium1 at 08:38 PM JST - 18th June

right on, zurc buddy! you tell that dan man . Us fake Yanks gots to stick together. Go Flames!
DanManjt at 11:38 PM JST - 18th June

Zurcronium

It is unclear from you post weather you lump me in with the American Right. If you are, you may wish to reconsider that proposition. My former handle was Dananator. As the JT archives show, I have been one of the most ardent critics of Bush's War even before there was Bush's War and am second to none when it comes to fighting the good fight against these cretins of the Right.

But the depravity of the Right in no way excuses the depravity of the Left. Just as the idiocy, incompetence and injustices of the Bush Administration in no way excuses the fatuity of the anti-American. Two RIght wrongs do not may the Left right, as it were. The French were wrong, Putin was wrong, and the millions around the world, most of all the millions in Japan against Bush's War were wrong, because they were "right" for all the wrong reasons.

The last five years have only served to strengthen my appreciation that neither the (American) Right nor the (American) Left have the answer to the problem of American leadership in the post-Cold War era.

"Real patriotic Americans" must recognize this.
Youdontknow at 04:07 AM JST - 19th June

This headline is no shocker...the world hates America for what Bush has done. When I was a kid it was my dream to live in the USA and spend my life there. I went 12 years ago and although it is a beautiful country and there are some amazing people there, I was totally put off living there by selfishness, greed and a ME ME ME attitude from a lot of Americans. I know they're not all the same, but it was enough to change my lifelong dream. I think America can garnish a fresh image, but it's going to take a VERY long time!
OhioDonna at 04:54 AM JST - 19th June

Anti-American until we are needed.
KaptainKichigai at 02:23 AM JST - 20th June

I need you now.
westurn at 12:58 AM JST - 21st June

Ohiodonna, you got that right... "Anti-American until we are needed."

I have yet to see any country on this planet return a single donation or charitable contribution from the USA. Seems to me we either got a buncha misinformation comin' from the editors of this here website or the world doesn't hate America as much as JT would like you to believe ! In any case, what a shameful article to reprint ! Why the editors here would choose to do so is disappointing to say the least !
freakashow at 12:08 AM JST - 22nd June

USA has the worlds largest economy. Leads the world in technology and science... at least according to the nobel prizes handed out every year. Arts, literature, cultural influence... the USA is a powerhouse ! Sports teams that have been so succesful that the nearest nation, in terms of medal won, at the Olympics is half of what America has accomplished. Lest we forget a military that continues to demonstrate an uncanny ability to succeed (todays JT article on "Iraq violence down" is an interesting read).

Valid point, Westurn. But you fail to mention that the U.S. are also leaders in fraud cases (as evidenced by the spate of arrests made of real estate companies in the U.S. concerning the mortgage crisis), bad food (as evidenced by the bad tomato crisis and other food problems facing the U.S. nowadays), and homelessness and inattentiveness to those in need of homes (as in the number of Katrina victims still without one).

Oh, and you mentioned the "Iraq violence down" article, but you failed to mention the recent "Car bomb kills 51 in Baghdad" article which was printed June 18th. Things that make you go hmmm..

Bottom line: "With great power, comes great responsibility" (or at the very least accountability). The U.S. has great power, but has shown very little responsibility, if any. We can thank our current government for that. The U.S. government has had the gall to say "We are the ones with power, so we should not be held accountable for any crimes we may commit in the pursuit of our goals!"

Well, I still would like to believe that the end does not always justify the means.
freakashow at 02:12 PM JST - 22nd June

Oh and this just in, Americans are now among the leaders in the amount they must pay to fly. Not only are there extra charges for your second piece of luggage, curbside check-in, choosing your own seat, booking using your frequent flier miles, but from August 18th, a fee will be levied for all drinks, including soft drinks, coffee, and bottled water. Imagine paying 2 dollars a pop for bottled water? And there's no way around it since you can't bring in any liquids into the terminal anyway.
RedMeatKoolAid at 02:27 PM JST - 22nd June

This just in - most Americans don't care what the rest of the world thinks of us. What's more, though we account for less than 5 percent of the world's population, we supposedly consume 25 percent of available resources. I rather doubt that little bit of trivia, but I like to throw it out as proof positive for the first sentence I wrote.
Sarge at 02:30 PM JST - 22nd June

Red - We're the nation that can do anything, to the benefit of the rest of the world, and we're feared and despised for it.
westurn at 02:35 PM JST - 22nd June

Red... "This just in - most Americans don't care what the rest of the world thinks of us."

Why bother ? Damned if you do damned if you don't ! Why dwell on what "outsiders" think. The US is the greatest nation on the planet, JT editors are full of beans with their biased reporting. Imagine if your team is winning 97% of it's games. Would you focus so much atention on that other 3% ??? Seems some, and JT editors, do ! Not much to say about such a loser's mentality.
freakashow at 12:22 AM JST - 24th June

Imagine if your team is winning 97% of it's games. Would you focus so much atention on that other 3% ???

And if winning games, and being the best at sports, Olympics, etc; while pumping billions upon billions of Americans' taxpayers money into a war most did not want, at the expense of Americans' welfare (e.g. food costs, inadequate health care, homelessness on the rise, rising fuel costs), is all that you care about, then all I have to say is to each his own.

As for me, I'm fed up already. And even on his way out of office, our dear leader is proposing to ask Congress for another 162 billion dollars to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars! Where can that money come from, but our own taxes, which could be going to a lot of other things that I could think of. Even my hardline Republican coworkers have had enough.
Enough with the "my way or the highway" attitude.

Anti-Americanism? Yes, it is out there. Is it warranted? Well, frankly speaking, most American citizens are honest to goodness people. Unfortunately, our current government has so eloquently painted us in a bad light, not to mention the nice little target on our backs. What credibility and respect as a leader has now been turned to fear, and private loathing by nations and people who will cower and say nice things about us when we are looking, but say otherwise behind our back, as is done with the class bully at school.