This is a bizarre poll on foreign policy but it shouldn't put Obama much at ease. The media celebrates the top results, but the devil is in the details. Obama is going to have some choices to make, especially given his politics.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- European support for the U.S. president's handling of foreign policy has soared since President Barack Obama took over from former President George W. Bush, but Europeans continue to view major issues including Afghanistan, Iran and global warming differently than Americans view them, a poll released Wednesday found.
Among those polled in the European Union and Turkey, about three-fourths, on average, said they supported Obama's handling of foreign policy compared with about a fifth who said the same for Bush last year, according to the survey. It was conducted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a nonpartisan policy institution that promotes trans-Atlantic cooperation, and the Compagnia di San Paolo, a research center in Turin, Italy.
To begin with, the policy hasn't really changed significantly. So, it's a fluff poll. But Obama is likely to face some challenges directly ahead. Look at these splits. If Obama wants to remain the supposedly popular world leader he seems to fancy himself to be, the folks that elected him might not be too thrilled. Obama may be more in synch with Europe than America. Imagine that.
-Almost two-thirds of Europeans polled were pessimistic about stabilizing Afghanistan, while more than half of Americans were optimistic. The poll was conducted before Afghanistan's widely criticized Aug. 20 elections.
-If diplomatic efforts do not prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, almost half of American respondents favored keeping open a military option, while only a fifth of Europeans polled agreed.
-About two-thirds of those polled in the European Union said everything should be done to prevent climate change, even if those steps slowed economic growth. Four in 10 American respondents agreed.
Natural Gas, Gasoline, electricity, ect. are already high enough. They can take that climate bill sitting in the senate right now and put it where the sun don't shine.
CAP AND TAX BILL IS ALL IT IS.
MONEY GRABBING SCUM BAGS. They will try to get it anyway they want to.
If they take over healthcare we are doomed. All they want to do is to control every aspect of our lives.
PEOPLE...GET OFF YOUR BUTTS AND DO SOMETHING. BE IN WASHINGTON ON 9-12. The teaparty express is on the way.
Posted by: WBestPresidentEver | Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at 08:24 AM