Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein in 1983. Respondents believe the US sold over a quarter of Saddam's arsenal to him Posted on 08/18/2008 5:50:22 AM PDT by decimon
British attitudes towards the United States are governed by ignorance of the facts on key issues such as crime, health care and foreign policy, according to a new survey.
Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein in 1983. Respondents believe the US sold over a quarter of Saddam's arsenal to him
A poll of nearly 2,000 Britons by YouGov/PHI found that 70 per cent of respondents incorrectly said it was true that the US had done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000. More than 50 per cent presumed that polygamy was legal in the US, when it is illegal in all 50 states.
The poll was commissioned by America In The World , an independent pressure group that launches on Monday and aims to improve understanding and appreciation of the US in Britain and around the world.
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You mean polygamy is ILLEGAL?????
I am in DEEP trouble!!
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LOL! Captain Obvious to the rescue!
Respondents believe the US sold over a quarter of Saddam's arsenal to him
Ask the Soviets and Frenchies for Saddam's arsenal.
Polygamy being legal is just a line GIs dropped on birds in pubs. :-)
Which can be traced to a floundering Lobour/socialist UK government and increasingly restive and unrepresented British public; assisted in large part by their American equivalent.
I remember a european who thought every day in the USA was a movie shootout.
I seriously doubt most of us Yanks know that much more about our Brit cousins but when it comes to dental care we beat them hands down.
I don’t know about where you live, but the penalties for polygamy in North Carolina are severe.
You have to live with all of them.
You goof balls! LOL! Is it any wonder the world can't get a grip on what we are about?
Jiminy whillickers, Auntie Em!!! You mean the duplicitous DBM in the UK has MISLED the yutes in the UK about their cousins in America!!??
Wowsers!! Next thing you know they’ll tell them that the sun rises in the east in America, too!!! That should REALLY make their yutes nuts!!!
Ogodno, please not that. I just got though troubleshooting a Jaguar. Found and fixed the problem a few minutes before I was considering drinking all the antifreeze and ending it all. All day for a two dollar diode, and I HAD all the manuals.
Now they probably hate me for fixing it. Lucas, Prince Of Darkness. The alternator is a Bosch, though.
I owned 4 of these cars during my mis-spent youth. All were lovely but had the dispicable Lucas electric system, where no manufactured piece was ever rejected for being substandard. A mechanic buddy from Des Moines (more mechanical than me) uncovered a Delco of England cross reference manual. Turns out a Pontiac voltage regulator and (with minor modification) a Cadillac Delcotron alternator worked perfectly. Mallory made a replacement distributor that was a drop in. The starting/charging problems with my Jaguar were resolved.
Bump for later.
Yes!. The horror! The horror! In a former career I actually repaired Lucas alternators and starters!
As my brother-in-law once said, the Brits are the worlds best at picking a bad design and sticking with it!
It surely does cut both ways (certainly does based on some of the comments Ive seen about the UK on this site).
Where DO you get this dental care thing about Britain from though? Most Brits are utterly oblivious to it. Is there any kind of evidence at all (other than anecdotal) that Brits have bad teeth?
I am in DEEP trouble!!
And you aren't even talking about the government!
Interesting article, but they could have done without mentioning the “positive effects” of the American environmental movement. I have Brit in-laws, so I know first-hand about misconceptions. We have our own here too concerning Britain.
American anti-Americanism ‘based on misconceptions’
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