Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Support for the U.S.
Will the U.S. be receiving many Valentines this year? Foreign Policy (Red, White, and Booed) takes a look at poll data to find the answer: The United States’ standing dropped sharply as a result of the Iraq war, and it hasn’t hit bottom yet. Australians, French, Italians, and even the British grew even more hostile to the United States in 2005. The notable exception was Poland, which grew even more pro-American, perhaps because of U.S. support for Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, with which Poles can identify, and renewed authoritarianism in Russia.