US presidential hopeful John Kerry's attacks on incumbent George W Bush on the Iraq war may be getting a mixed response in the US, but he seems to be echoing the views of people outside America.
According to a poll conducted by GlobeScan, in conjunction with the Program on International Policy Attitudes, non-Americans, including in countries known as traditional allies of the US, are clearly unhappy with the country's foreign policy under Bush.
In 30 out of 35 countries polled, a majority wants to see Kerry as the next president of the US.
People in India and Thailand did not make a clear preference while those in Philippines, Poland and Nigeria opted for Bush. The poll involved 34,330 people.
Germans were most unhappy with US foreign policy followed by France and Mexico.
According to another survey (Transatlantic Trends 2004) in US and various European countries, European support for Bush's policies has declined significantly. Secondly, Europeans do not support a leadership role for American in world affairs, which is the basis of the Bush Administration's foreign policy.
[Transatlantic Trends 2004 is a public opinion survey undertaken annually by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the Compagnia di San Paolo based in Turin, Italy, to better understand American and European attitudes about a number of important foreign policy concerns.]
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Transatlantic Trends 2004
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