I spent 3 months in Europe, mainly Germany end of last year; and Bush isn't liked very much. Some of that is extended to the Americna people, however the German/French population is able to distinguish between our presidents beliefs and those of the American people pretty well. The French were holding up signs in protest such as "We like American people, we hate American policy".
Great article on CNN this morning:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/...ink/index.html
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New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said he thinks the TV networks' news coverage has helped sell the Saddam-al Qaeda connection. "Suddenly, it was Osama, Osama, Osama ... Saddam, Saddam, Saddam ... and the networks -- the broadcast media -- simply picked that up [and] transferred our feelings of alarm and anger from one villain to another."
In a February CNN-Time poll, 76 percent of those surveyed felt Saddam provides assistance to al Qaeda. Another poll released in February asked, "Was Saddam Hussein personally involved in the September 11 attacks?" Although it is a claim the Bush administration has never made and for which there is no evidence, 72 percent said it was either very or somewhat likely.
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