How Americans view other countries: Gallup Poll

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

I am sure Paks are really , really sad.

 

[Hyde]

I am sure Paks are really , really sad.

why we would be?

we weren't expecting any better stats than this anyway

 

[Hussein]

we are the top.. the top last one !!!!
does it mean good?

 

[Bilal Akhtar]

i think
iran,north korea,pakistan,PLA,Cuba,China,Egypt,saudia should form a common defence pact like some alliance in case of war as they all are not liked by USA...Unity lies strength...and i think we can become a strong powerbloc and even russia is not that well liked it can jin in.Other strong countires such as turkey can come in to make it really reall y strong !!
germany...can also join in depending on how its foriegn policy is with euro.

 

[Omar1984]

Oh My God! Indians still care what the white man thinks about them to this day in the year 2011. Indians will never get rid of their inferiority complex to their white masters.

I'm so glad that most Pakistanis today dont care what Americans/British (white people) think anymore.

 

[Bilal Akhtar]

China-upcoming superpower,ecnomic,military MIGHT
Iran-strong militarily developing nuclear power,we can even help it become nuclear power in the reigon to counter INDIA
Egypt-New goverment means stronger egypt..miltary can train with iran to make new improvements in tech
Cuba-never really liked by USA..can be a strong ally and its geographic location is of importance.
Turkey-Technologicaly like europe,strong miltary,good economy can be a strong ally in power bloc
Saudia-With its oil economy can help fund the reigoning allies and help in their development
PLA-Palestine with its geographic importance near israel can be of defining use to the power bloc,miltary can be developed further.
North korea-developing nuclear power,militarily developing

THIS can be a real power bloc in asia pacific...

 

[Mutee]

Only zaid hamid cares what they-think not the pakistanis haha

 

[ephone]

Logically, these two, favorable vs important, have no 1-to-1 mapping. One does not automatically translate into the other one.

US people probably has more uneasiness towards China while very less so for India.

The reason can be due to the fact taht China fast approaches US in every direction and US is stagnantly standing there ...

India is no threat to US from any direction though I am not sure Indian people should be happy for this or not.

If one day India can grow to the point to Challenge US like What China is today, I bet that percentage definitely will drop a lot.

Even a day ago the same gallup poll showed that 7 in 10 americans think china is important....

Wat happened in this poll...?????

India 72%

china 47%

 

[Bang Galore]

Logically, these two, favorable vs important, have no 1-to-1 mapping. One does not automatically translate into the other one.

US people probably has more uneasiness towards China while very less so for India.

The reason can be due to the fact taht China fast approaches US in every direction and US is stagnantly standing there ...

India is no threat to US from any direction though I am not sure Indian people should be happy for this or not.

If one day India can grow to the point to Challenge US like What China is today, I bet that percentage definitely will drop a lot.

Partly correct. It's true that China is seen as a potential adversarial power while India is not. However it is not just about economic power since Japan remains a "liked" country. I really don't see India & the U.S. having serious conflicts on many issues. India is largely a status quo power and not likely to be inclined to challenge anyone's supremacy with the intention of imposing its own. That however does not fully explain why India does not evoke the same feelings that China does even when considering the opinions of many countries in Asia, something that Lee Kuan Yew alludes to in his comments.

Democracy may obstruct India’s development, but it also makes the world look at this billion-strong nation differently, with no fear of aggression vis-à-vis China, says Singapore’s Minister-Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

Lee also calls the efforts by India to forge a civilian nuclear deal with the US in the nation’s interest, but adds that political opposition to it reflects the internal checks and balances in place because of the democratic set up.

“There is no fear that India has aggressive intentions,” Lee writes in a column for Forbes, soon after his recent return from New Delhi, which he visited twice over the past month to address top executives of J P Morgan and Citigroup.

“Two of the largest US banks consider India to be a growth story and are eager to service American and Indian companies. I did not detect any anxiety over India becoming a problem to the present world order,” says Lee.

“Why has China’s peaceful rise, however, raised apprehensions? Is it because India is a democracy in which numerous political forces are constantly at work, making for an internal system of checks and balances?”
China in Mind, Lee Roots for Democratic India – Sify.com | China Digital Times (CDT)

 

[Joe Shearer]

Oh My God! Indians still care what the white man thinks about them to this day in the year 2011. Indians will never get rid of their inferiority complex to their white masters.

I'm so glad that most Pakistanis today dont care what Americans/British (white people) think anymore.

So true.

It must be the broad world outlook, the humanism of the Pakistani media that brings us a flood of articles on the way white people respond to Pakistan and Pakistani reactions to them. What else can explain it, since it isn't something that Pakistani people think about ordinarily.

Samples readily available, if you wish.

 

[Secret Service]

America is Not God that everyone is wanting their Favoritism....we want freedom from this evil...