Obama Made Them Hate Us -- Michael Prell, The Washington Times
‘Weak horse’ diplomacy has ignited Arab hatred.
A new Zogby poll, “Arab Attitudes, 2011,” has revealed that President Obama’s charm offensive in the Arab world has failed. After he promised to restore America’s international reputation, not only does the Arab world hate America more under Mr. Obama than it did under President George W. Bush, it even hates Mr. Obama - personally - more than it detested the swaggering unilateralist cowboy from Texas.
This news likely comes as a shock to Mr. Obama and his advisers, who thought that traveling the Arab world on a so-called “apology tour” and bowing down and bad-mouthing American power would make the Arab world love America more - or at least make the Arabs love Mr. Obama more than Mr. Bush.
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My Comment: I guess the "apology tour" that President Obama conducted after being elected did not pan out. The full details of the Zogby Poll (Arab Attitudes, 2011) can be found here.
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"I guess the "apology tour" that President Obama conducted after being elected did not pan out."
Why? The approval ratings grew a lot from2 008 to 2009 - only to drop when the U.S. didn't much of use during the Arab spring.
It looks more as if doing said tour every year would be a good idea than like it was a bad idea.
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