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Britons see US as vulgar empire builder
By Ben Fenton
(Filed: 03/07/2006)
Britons have never had such a low opinion of the leadership of the
United States, a YouGov poll shows.
As Americans prepare to celebrate the 230th anniversary of their
independence tomorrow, the poll found that only 12 per cent of Britons trust
them to act wisely on the global stage. This is half the number who had
faith in the Vietnam-scarred White House of 1975.
Most Britons see America as a cruel, vulgar, arrogant society, riven
by class and racism, crime-ridden, obsessed with money and led by an
incompetent hypocrite.
American troops are failing either to win "hearts and minds" in Iraq
or bring democracy to that country.
More than two-thirds who offered an opinion said America is
essentially an imperial power seeking world domination. And 81 per cent of
those who took a view said President George W Bush hypocritically championed
democracy as a cover for the pursuit of American self-interests.
A spokesman for the American embassy said that the poll's findings
were contradicted by its own surveys.
"We question the judgment of anyone who asserts the world would be a
better place with Saddam still terrorizing his own nation and threatening
people well beyond Iraq's borders.
"With respect to the poll's assertions about American society, we bear
some of the blame for not successfully communicating America's extraordinary
dynamism.
"But frankly, so do you [the British press]."
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