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| Muslim world sees UN dominated by US: poll |
| 2008-12-04 |
| A poll of seven majority Muslim nations found people conflicted about the United Nations, on the one hand perceiving it as dominated by the United States and unhelpful in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while on the other supporting a more active U.N. with broader powers. I guess that's fair. We see the UN as being dominated by bloody-handed dictatorships, kleptocracies, and various flavors of Nazis. The WorldPublicOpinion.org poll released Wednesday surveyed the Arab Muslim countries of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories along with Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Muslims in Nigeria. Respondents in every country besides Azerbaijan felt that the "U.S. basically controls the U.N. and can almost always make the U.N. do what the U.S. wants" as opposed to the view that the U.S. can use its veto to stop the U.N. but cannot control it. The international body got its lowest ratings in its work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which highly correlated with perceptions of U.S. control, and the conflict in Darfur. "I think there are determinants of public opinion in the region regarding the U.N. and the most important factor is the respect, or perceived respect, of U.N. resolutions vis a vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and invasions of Iraq since 1990," said Dr. Fares Braizat of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, which conducted the Jordanian portion of the survey. At the same time Muslim publics overwhelmingly support a more dynamic, involved United Nations (64 percent on average), distinguishing between a U.N. they feel in principle should be a powerful actor and the existing body they perceive as being controlled by the U.S. "While many people in Muslim countries express disappointment with the U.N., this actually masks their underlying desire for a U.N. that is robust and powerful," said Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 ION WAFF > AMERICA STILL FUNDS AND SUPPORTS FANATICAL TERRORISTS. Pro-US, Anti-Govt/Tehran IRANIAN TERROR GROUP "JUNDALLAH" is believed to had executed all 13 surviving hostages from a group of 16 kidnapped Iranian police officers???; + MONGOLIAN MUJAHIDEEN JOINS CHERCHEN STRUGGLE [Video - SHEIKH SAYEED of BURIATIA]. Despite severe trials, losses and Russia's best, most vilent anti-insurgent efforts, THE CHECHNYA JIHAD/ISLAMIST STRUGGLE HAS SPREAD TO MOST OF CAUCASIA. Among other, Sayeed argues that true Muslims = Believers HAVE NO EXCUSE TO NOT ENGAGE IN ARMED JIHAD IN THE DEFENSE AND PROPAGATION OF ISLAM = THE FAITH, BE IT IN CHECHNYA OR ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD. THE ISLAMIC VICTORY IS CERTAIN. * INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > TALIBAN: WE WILL TAKE OVER PAKISTAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-04 23:21 |
| #6 I thought Z.O.G. ruled the U.N.? :)) |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-12-04 15:13 |
| #5 Can we agree that its a miserable failure and shut it down? Then we can create our 'League of Democracies' and they can create their 'League of Dictators, kleptocracies and Socialists'. We'll host ours in NYC and they can host theirs in Wazoo or Sudan. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-12-04 14:20 |
| #4 rabid whitetail is right. Like us, they think it does little if anything to serve their individual interests, not to mention the interests of the global community as a whole. If anything, it fosters anti-US sentiment from non-Americans and anti-UN sentiment from the more well-informed and practical Americans. Which renders it obsolete at best and an enormous waste of money at worst. Time to exercise some mercy here and pull the plug on this failed experiment. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2008-12-04 13:57 |
| #3 well i guess no one really likes the UN. time too shut her down |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-12-04 12:58 |
| #2 Testing the waters by poll? As distateful as NATO troops are in the West Bank, UN troops would be worse. Dominated by Pakis, Hamas would literally be a ticking time bomb in the middle of Israel. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122 2008-12-04 11:08 |
| #1 While many people in Muslim countries express disappointment with the U.N., this actually masks their underlying desire for a U.N. that is robust and powerful. I would conclude it masks their desire for its abolition considering they think the US controls it. |
| Posted by: NCMike 2008-12-04 09:23 |