Posted on 03/03/2005 10:54:04 PM PST by anymouse
WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first substantial shift of public opinion in the Muslim world since the beginning of the United States' global war on terrorism, more people in the world's largest Muslim country now favor American efforts against terrorism than oppose them. This is just one of many dramatic findings of a new nationwide poll in Indonesia released today.
"In a stunning turnaround of public opinion, support for Bin Laden and terrorism in the world's most populous Muslim nation has dropped significantly, while favorable views of the United States have increased," said Kenneth Ballen, President of Terror Free Tomorrow, which commissioned the poll. "The poll shows that the reason for this positive change is the American response to the tsunami," Ballen added.
Key Findings of the Poll:
* For the first time ever in a major Muslim nation, more people favor US-led efforts to fight terrorism than oppose them (40% to 36%).
Importantly, those who oppose US efforts against terrorism have declined by half, from 72% in 2003 to just 36% today.
* For the first time ever in a Muslim nation since 9/11, support for Osama Bin Laden has dropped significantly (58% favorable to just 23%).
* 65% of Indonesians now are more favorable to the United States because of the American response to the tsunami, with the highest percentage among people under 30.
* Indeed, 71% of the people who express confidence in Bin Laden are now more favorable to the United States because of American aid to tsunami victims.
The Terror Free Tomorrow poll was conducted in February by the leading Indonesian pollster, Lembaga Survei Indonesia, and surveyed 1,200 adults nationwide with a margin of error of ± 2.9 percentage points.
Complete poll results and graphics are available at http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org .
About Terror Free Tomorrow
Terror Free Tomorrow is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote a new strategic framework to defeat global terrorists by undermining the support base that empowers them. For more information, please see http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org. Terror Free Tomorrow has received endorsements from Senator John McCain, 9/11 Commission Chairs Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, and other prominent national security leaders.
CONTACT: Matthew Joseph of Terror Free Tomorrow, +1-301-229-3900, ext. 202, or mjoseph@terrorfreetomorrow.org.
Source: Terror Free Tomorrow
Non story, time to move on to Martha getting out of prison and Jacko trying to stay out.
Good News you won't find in the MSM.
Wow! This is amazing.
This is a remarkable turnaround, which proves the Bush is right and the Bush doctrine is working.
I am sure the MSM will make a strong effort and not even mention this.
That's a nice poll. No doubt Egypt's demand that Syria withdraw from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia's demand that Syria withdraw from Lebanon, the Afghan elections, the Iraqi elections, and the upcoming free elections in Togo and Lebanon support such a poll, too.
Gradually, everyone is coming around to President Bush's leadership.
20 years from now, liberals will claim that they supported spreading President Bush's freedom all along.
DU is saddend.
20 years from now, liberals will claim that they supported spreading President Bush's freedom all along.
LOL.
Perhaps as early as next election cycle... 2008.
You know, they voted for it, before they voted against it,
but then ended up "being" for it on the whole.
I guess America isn't as bad as the Media portrays us, huh?
If we were like the Media and the French portrays us, we should be converting and exterminating those who oppose us in those international polls. /sarc
"20 years from now, liberals will claim that they supported spreading President Bush's freedom all along."
Not at all, they will say that it would have happened regardless of who was president -- the real hero is Bin Laden, he started this road towards democracy -- and of course Chirac is a hero too.
If you think I am just making it up, read this:
Mideast Democracy: Thank Bin Laden
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355641/posts
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant post!
All I can say is, WOW!
MAn is the Hand Of GOD on that man george bush? I mean seriously have anyone seen a turn of world events like what we are witnessing?
Why this news is buried deep in Yahoo Finance is a mystery to me.
Oh wait, never mind, I remember now...
FYI
Wouldn't want this one to slip by in the night unnoticed.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
ping!
Never! :-(
Strong Horse...
Dubya = Secretariat
Bin Laden = Tony the Pony
1. People are going to be free and their children will have a chance at a good life.
2. There will be less chance that we will be attacked.
3. America is being recognized for its compassion and greatness. We are the good guys.
4. All the good news is making the left go even more insane.
Thanks for the ping.
History would probably call President Bush's rule the "Leavening Presidency," raising the people up to higher standards, and ending the current Dark Ages in that part of the world, and thereby making us and everyone safer and freer.
And it was all done for love.
Oh, this is really going to chap the Bush-haters.
I'd love to be able to slip over to DU and post this article.
Indeed!
It seems that not every good deed is punished. Dare I say that it appears the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - the God of the Jewish and Christian faiths - may yet bring forth good fruit from the debris and abject suffering in the literal and figurative wake of the tragic tsunami.
Praises be unto His Holy name, for He hath done great things!
A.A.C.
bttt
Ernest,
I see you're on the night shift. Looks like this one should end up bumped until the morning crew come around.
"Man is the Hand Of GOD on that man george bush?"
Yes! I would say God's hand is on that man George Bush.
The Lord usually works in mysterious ways. But this time I think we have all been given the gift of getting to watch God work his miracles through President Bush.
Read #25. All for LOVE. Now what does that remind you of?
Yesterday's lesson becomes today's reality. Sometimes it's hard to get the message through I know, but on days like these...well, you must know you're right. LOVE conquers, LOVE wins every time.
I'll go for awhile yet, but my eyelids are getting heavy.....
This must be BS.
I don't believe its possible for Muslims to support anything done by the USA. No chance.
"I'd love to be able to slip over to DU and post this article."
Don't worry, I am sure there are enough of them lurking here and they will see it. After sobbing themselves to sleep, tomorrow they will be sending sympathy cards and encouragement to Bin Laden.
This poll is of Muslims in INDONESIA.
But still they have an earlier and a current poll.
I think seeing the events of the last couple of years of us liberating Afghanistan, Iraq, helping them after the tsunami, they are starting to change their minds.
ping
Amen to that!
fyi
I doubt it was the Tsumami alone, and who can tell how long opinions will last given it seems to be the fate of humans to fluctuate in their opinions (reference our own polls), encouraging nevertheless.
I do have a question. Where are all the people that denounced our aid to the people struck by the Tsumami? Those stating the Government had no right to hand out our money to people hit hard by a natural disaster. The people boiling in rage at this charitable act.
Seems to have paid divendends in public opinion, something that aids our foreign policy. Something that can benefit our security as a nation. Seems the money wasn't wasted if it even temporaily breaks through the propaganda these people have been told about Americans. The same propaganda that leads to recruits for terrorism.
It really is a simple message.
Bush is so often criticized for his simplicity...
Sometimes it is the simple and humble person who has the potential for the greatest impact.
George Bush was born for such a time as this.
Importantly, those who oppose US efforts against terrorism have declined by half, from 72% in 2003 to just 36% today.
* For the first time ever in a Muslim nation since 9/11, support for Osama Bin Laden has dropped significantly (58% favorable to just 23%).
* 65% of Indonesians now are more favorable to the United States because of the American response to the tsunami, with the highest percentage among people under 30.
* Indeed, 71% of the people who express confidence in Bin Laden are now more favorable to the United States because of American aid to tsunami victims.
It's late I guess I'll have to catch more of this major change of mindset for the better in the New York Times in the morning over a hot cup of coffee. /sarcasm
Big Ol' Bump.
You got it right on the nose! Love, not intolerance. Firm defiance of their aims, yet fair in our fight.
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