Posted on 05/18/2005 9:22:30 PM PDT by SmithL
NEW YORK, (AP) --
Anti-American feelings are widespread in the Muslim world and extend to U.S. consumer brands, according to a report released Wednesday. It suggested the U.S. burnish its image with a change in tone and by publicizing aid programs.
The United States should emphasize its development aid to Muslim countries rather than try to persuade Muslims to support U.S. policies in Iraq or in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to the Council on Foreign Relations report.
The report, by Charney Research, is based on 14 focus groups conducted last December and January among college-educated men and women in Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia.
Anger at U.S. foreign policy and at the U.S. government dominated spontaneous reactions in all three countries.
Many young Muslims said they admired Osama bin Laden, while views of President Bush were uniformly negative. All focus group members rejected U.S. views of the war in Iraq, saying the United States invaded on a false premise to further its own regional goals.
Anti-Semitic stereotypes also were noted. Focus group members saw the United States and Israel as synonymous and estimated the proportion of Jews in the U.S. population at up to 85 percent; it is 2 percent.
The report found negative opinions of the United States are taking a toll on U.S. companies, and that amounts of U.S. aid were massively underestimated; not one person in any focus group knew the U.S. is the world's largest donor by dollar amount.
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In other news today: A bear was reported to poopie in the woods.
No freaking duh. The Muslim world is anti-everyone.
The Muslim world is largely anti-American?
No-freaking-DUH!!
Muslims hate everything but themselves, they are always angry and unhappy, partly due to being taught hatred and murder from birth.
duh you think
Oh, this is really rich. Just give them more aid and they will hate you more. Throw more money after bad. Lib speak.
This research group must really be a bunch of brain-surgeons, huh?
I appreciate your effort here. However, you may be naive to post this unscientific propaganda from the notorious CFR, and I hope you'll do some google work on who they really are.
"In other news today: A bear was reported to poopie in the woods."
WTF?? Why didn't you send this to Drudge?????
I just did, this story will be HUGH tomorrow, guaranteed!
Rush will be talking about it.
Seriesly.
The Muslim world is anti-life. They hate, period.
If Islam was the only religion in the world, the body count would be staggering. Muslims don't even like each other.
We don't have to be their enemies. We aren't inclined to be their enemies. They have made us their enemies. I think that in a very real sense attitudes are hardening in the United States even among the liberals, and if the Arab campus is the last to realize it that's just too damn bad.
**Focus group members saw the United States and Israel as synonymous and estimated the proportion of Jews in the U.S. population at up to 85 percent; it is 2 percent.**
These people are so ill informed. No wonder they hate America. They think it's a jewish country, the dopes.
And to image someone got paid to write this story.
The paper isn't getting its moneys worth.
I'd ask how I get a job like that, but I have a feeling it doesn't pay too well.
No Sh*t? Is there any word on the Hindenburg?
The nazi's were largely anti-American. So were the commies and fascists.
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