Europe sees US as ‘greatest threat to stability’

And we rank ahead of …..

Iran.

And China.

Europeans remain deeply suspicious of US foreign policy in spite of President George W. Bush’s concerted attempts since the start of his second term to improve transatlantic relations.

In a Harris opinion poll, published on the eve of Mr Bush’s latest visit to Europe this week, 36 per cent of respondents identify the US as the greatest threat to global stability.

The poll, conducted in association with the FT, questioned a representative sample of 5,000 people in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain on a range of issues. Thirty per cent of respondents named Iran as the greatest threat to global stability, with 18 per cent selecting China.

So not even the threat of a resumption of nuclear activity on the part of the Iranians, not to mention the threat to cause the US “harm and pain” can convince Europeans that the Jew-hating country is more of a ‘threat to stability’ than we are? I could understand us getting on that list in and of itself, considering Europe seems to hate the US, but to make it to the number one slot? Unfreakingbelievable.

15 Responses to "Europe sees US as ‘greatest threat to stability’"

Iowa Voice says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:20 pm

Europe Thinks We’re The Threat

Saw this at Sister Toldjah:

Via the Financial Times:

Europeans remain deeply suspicious of US foreign policy in spite of President George W. Bush’s concerted attempts since the start of his second term to improve transatlantic relations.

In a H
Severian says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:21 pm

All this instability is all our fault. If we’d just quietly accept dhimitude and adopt sharia and stop fighting for our way of life, just imagine how stable everything would be!
Baklava says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:35 pm

It’s all easy to understand if you understand that the press is predisposed of lying. The ends justify the means you see. The press can paint any picture the way they want with no repercussions because their leftist ideology is what matters. The U.S. allows too much freedom….

BTW, Americans gave over $260 BILLION dollars in private charity including international help last year. This does not include the PUBLIC funds of help that the federal government gave last year. We Americans give more in aid and help and charity than ALL of the other nations combined and yet people with a skewed perspective because of the agenda driven drive by legacy press will hate America because we are more prosperous and free.
G Monster says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:42 pm

This is just a poll, and polls are typically conducted by someone with an agenda. Europeans and Americans get along great. Even the French are pretty cool when you get to know them on an individual basis.
G Monster says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:48 pm

I say this having been to England, Wales, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Latvia within the last few years. There is something going in in France & Germany where they don’t like anyone except each other, but I’m sure this is just a phase they are going through.
G Monster says:

June 19, 2006 at 4:54 pm

When I was Berlin, I got in trouble for ordering at a bakery in English. The lady behind the counter started yelling that I was speaking English. On the flip side, at checkpoint charlie, there was a rose, with a note that said, “thank you america, we will never forget.” That was referring to the U.S.A. helping airlift supplies during the Berlin Blockade.
Severian says:

June 19, 2006 at 5:47 pm

BTW, Americans gave over $260 BILLION dollars in private charity including international help last year. This does not include the PUBLIC funds of help that the federal government gave last year. We Americans give more in aid and help and charity than ALL of the other nations combined and yet people with a skewed perspective because of the agenda driven drive by legacy press will hate America because we are more prosperous and free.

There’s an old Budhist saying that comes to mind, “Why do you hate me? I’ve done nothing to help you.”

The more you help people, the more the resent and hate you for it, all the while expecting even more. It’s been that way as long as there have been people, most seem to feel weak if they have to rely on handouts, and reward the giver by treating them poorly and hating them. So, perhaps we all should just stop giving, period.
forest hunter says:

June 19, 2006 at 6:42 pm

Or give them what they really need Sev, and the sooner, the better.
benning says:

June 19, 2006 at 6:44 pm

Screw anyone of ’em that hates us or believes the worst of us. We haven’t the time to bother with these losers. They’re heading for the dustbins of history with their predecessors: the Communists, the National Socialists, the Divine Right-ers.

Representative governments, Constitutional Republics, Capitalism are all the roads to the future. Most of Europe will fall to the insanity of Izlam or the lunacy of Socialism. We need to be disentangled from them before they fall.
G-Monster says:

June 19, 2006 at 8:42 pm

Okay, you guys convinced me. Those Europeans are bastards.
China Law Blog says:

June 19, 2006 at 9:23 pm

I hate these surveys because when closely examined they often say nothing. What is meant by the greatest threat? If it means that the U.S. doing the right thing will cause problems, then who can dispute that? The U.S. is the greatest short term threat in the sense that it is the most likely to be unwilling to let Iran get away with becoming a nuclear power. In that sense, it is more of an immediate threat to cause problems than Iran is, though, of course, Iran’s problem causing is going to be horrible if allowed to occur. It gets even worse when you consider that the questions are presumably asked in a language other than English so we really don’t even know what was asked.
stackja1945 says:

June 19, 2006 at 10:03 pm

Which poll supports the return of Hitler? Why did FDR and WSC bother to liberate Europe?
4thelittleguy says:

June 19, 2006 at 10:29 pm

I’m with Severian; if we just bent over and took everything the international community wants to give us I’m sure that Europe would love us.

In fact, I’m sure the French would even volunteer to come over and show us how to surrender.
Skye says:

June 20, 2006 at 12:06 am

I refuse to believe that a majority of Euros are such blithering idiots as this poll suggests.

This past November while vacationing in Spain, a Spaniard, whom I now consider a friend, apologized for the rampant anti-American sentiments espoused by his countrymen.

There is hope for them yet!
Fat Tone says:

June 20, 2006 at 10:09 am

The stability that Europe has enjoyed for 61 years, was afforded them by the USA. they may want to look inward at their socialist approaches to workers, and find the real cause for lack of stability.

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