Posted on 06/13/2008 8:22:19 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
NEW YORK: The popularity of the United States in India has shot up dramatically since 2002, in a period in which Uncle Sam's image took a beating globally, a survey has said.
America turned out to be the most popular in India, with its ratings rising up to 71 per cent, up from 54 per cent in the summer of 2002, in the survey conducted by an independent body - the Pew Research Centre - over 16 nations to assess favourabilty ratings of five major countries.
Besides, India is the only country outside the US where a majority of people sounded soft on President George W Bush, who fared poorly in the popularity contest, trailing behind even the former British PM Tony Blair.
Fifty four per cent of the people surveyed in India expressed confidence in the leadership of the President as against 17 per cent in Turkey and 24 per cent in Lebanon.
The image of the North American country as a land of opportunities also received a setback, as most of the surveyed populations preferred Australia, Canada, Great Britain and even Germany as a favoured destination.
Yet again, only in India, which has over a million expats living in America, the country is seen as the world's leading land of opportunity, with 38 per cent of the Indians surveyed rating the country as their first choice.
The survey also sought opinions from people around the world on their expectations from the next US president.
While optimism emerged from the countries like France, Spain and Germany, where public opposition to Bush's policies in Iraq and elsewhere has been strong, people surveyed in India, South Africa and Nigeria, where criticism of current US policies has been less pronounced also sounded hopeful.
Mexico? Aren’t they all here?
China might like us a little less pretty soon.
With the price of fuel, and the associated shipping costs, I wonder how the offshoring crowd is making out? :)
Why not; the Hindus have ben dealing with Moslem perfidy for centuries, and we’re the only nation on earth who’s taken a serious role in doing anything about it in the modern world.
We love India too. As a love letter we’re sending them all our jobs!
“Mexico? Aren’t they all here?”
Not all, just their worst citizens. And yep, the ones that are here hate America.
The closer they are to nutjobs that want to kill them and/or recent dictatorships, the more they like the US.
Telling.
Hating the US is either because you are a killer or a luxury afforded by effetes under our protection.
Excellent point.
Wah. Go buy an economics textbook.
“We love India too. As a love letter we’re sending them all our jobs!”
The call center, and tech jobs that can be done over the internet, we’ll keep doing that.
Manufacturing? Not so much. Must cost a pretty penny to get a load of widgets from India or China to America?
This delights me.
Hmmm. According to the chart, Poland likes us more than India.
In any case, I’m not surprised. Poland has suffered from communist oppression, and India from terrorism. The other countries have forgotten what oppression is like. They’ve had it too easy and think a just and safe country is the norm. It’s not.
See my tagline.
I have some Indian friends who are professionals. They are very American and very conservative. They immigrated here legally and I doubt seriously if they would ever vote for a Marxist and a “stealth Muslim” like Barry.
I like people from India too.
Seems like I am talking with somebody over there every other week.
Comment was facetious.
It remains to be seen whom India is really allied with.
And America loves India! Or at least the legal immigrants that come here. Very hard working people and I admire them.
It's my sincere hope that India will be a great ally of America.
I don't think there's anything special about university education in India. It's just that many of the best and the brightest end up emigrating to the U.S.
You don’t get out much, do ya?
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