Global Solidarity With The U.S. Short-Lived After 9/11

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Source: Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project, July 2011 (citizens in 23 nations surveyed); CIA World Factbook. The Washington Post.

After 9/11, Global Solidarity Short-Lived -- Washington Post

The Queen’s Guard at Buckingham Palace played “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was photographed donating blood. Cuba offered use of its airspace and medical facilities. And the French daily Le Monde ran the front-page headline: “We are all Americans.”

Around the world on 9/11 and in the days that followed, there was widespread empathy and a sense of shared struggle against a new, unseen enemy. Overnight, it seemed, the fight against terrorism might redefine the global order. Old enemies would become new allies. Antagonism would give way to opportunity.

But that window proved fleeting, the sense of sympathy and solidarity short-lived.

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My Comment: There has always been an "anti-'U.S." sentiment on the world stage for a very very long time .... even after 9/11 .... but I personally never took it seriously. The reason why .... in my travels I usually found the most vocal opponents of U.S. policy are also the ones who were usually lining up at the American embassy for their U.S. visas. Cough .... cough .... cough .... myself included.

Bottom line .... even with all the problems that the U.S. has .... if the world had a chance to immigrate to the U.S. .... a huge percentage would take up that offer.