What a shame.
Via JPost:
Approval of US President in the world is increasingly dropping, according to a Pew survey released Wednesday that largely blamed his foreign policies for the fall.
“There remains a widespread perception that the US acts unilaterally and does not consider the interests of other countries,” Pew summarizes. “In predominantly Muslim nations, American anti-terrorism efforts are still widely unpopular.” The survey singles out drone strikes targeting extremist leaders as particularly disliked, even in European countries which give higher approval ratings to Obama. Disappointment is also evident in his handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to the 21-country survey of more than 26,000 people conducted between March 17 and April 20.
In Muslim countries polled — Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan — confidence in Obama has dropped from 33 percent in 2009 to 24% in 2012. Approval of his international policies has fallen even more sharply, from 34% to 15%. America’s image overall has gone from 25% favorability to 15%. Obama does, however, continue to enjoy higher ratings in Muslim countries than then-president George W. Bush did in 2008 — as much as 22 points higher in some cases and tied in only one, the 7% approval Pakistanis have given both presidents.
When it comes to Obama’s anti-terrorism policies, Lebanon was the Muslim country to give his efforts the highest grade, with 32% approving, while most Muslim countries were significantly less supportive. On US drone attacks, 12% of Tunisians approve of the measure with all other Muslim countries in the single digits. In contrast, 62% of Americans approve of them.