In Britain 71% of voters now say the invasion was unjustified, a view
shared by 89% of Mexicans and 73% of Canadians.

Canada is a Nato member whose troops are in action in Afghanistan.

Neither do voters think America has helped advance democracy in
developing countries, one of the justifications for deposing Saddam
Hussein.

Only 11% of Britons and 28% of Israelis think that has happened.

As a result, Mr Bush is ranked with some of his bitterest enemies as a
cause of global anxiety.

He is outranked by Osama bin Laden in all four countries, but runs the
al-Qaida leader close in the eyes of UK voters:

87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace,
compared with 75% who think this of Mr Bush.

The US leader and close ally of Tony Blair is seen in Britain as a
more dangerous man than the president of Iran (62% think he is a
danger), the North Korean leader (69%) and the leader of Hizbullah,
Hassan Nasrallah (65%).

Only 10% of British voters think that Mr Bush poses no danger at all.


From The Guardian, 11/3/06:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1938434,00.html

British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il


· US allies think Washington threat to world peace

· Only Bin Laden feared more in United Kingdom

Julian Glover
Friday November 3, 2006
The Guardian


America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest
neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public
opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's
reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of
Iraq.

Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an
election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British
voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either
the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Both countries were once cited by the US president as part of an "axis
of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now alarms voters in countries with
traditionally strong links to the US.

The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and leading
newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto Star)
and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling in each
country.

It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those
questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe
since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has
increased global security.

The finding is mirrored in America's immediate northern and southern
neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of
Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US
policy.

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Harry