[Dawn] A majority of Americans do not see Pakistain as a friend to the United States, says an opinion survey released on Monday.I like to think the 'Burg has had something to do with that. But the Paks did help.
The survey, conducted on Nov 27, a day after a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
air strike killed 25 Pak soldiers, asked US citizens: Do you consider Pakistain to be a friend or enemy of the United States?
An enemy to the US was the choice of 55 per cent respondents. Only seven pc said they considered Pakistain a friend, 26 pc did not consider Pakistain a friend or enemy and 12 pc did not have an opinion.
The surveyors, a US polling agency called Poll Positions, noted that the relationship between the United States and Pakistain had been up and down over the past years.
The US considers Pakistain a strong ally on the war on terror. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
America politicians expressed some dismay when the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now sometimes referred to as
Mister Bones...
was found living in a house near a Pak military intelligence facility. He had reportedly been living there for several years. Pakistain said it did not know Bin Laden was there.
The surveyors pointed out that Pakistain also had expressed anger towards the US over predator drone missile strikes that have killed civilians and members of the Pak military.
| Oh? How is it that members of the Pakistani military were close enough to jihadi targets that they were killed as well? |
Last month, the US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
The Woman to Call at 3 a.m.and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Elihu Root...
visited Pakistain as part of a concerted effort to improve relations but the relationship nose-dived when US-led NATO forces blew up two Pak military posts near the Afghan border on Saturday, stirring countrywide protests.
The survey also shows another change in US attitudes towards Pakistain. Until recently, Pakistain was more popular among the conservative-minded Republicans apparently because of close ties between the two militaries while Democrats had strong reservations against the country.
But Sunday`s survey shows that now more Republicans see Pakistain as an enemy than Democrats or independents. Among Republicans, 70 pc consider Pakistain an enemy, 6 pc said Pakistain is a friend, 12 pc chose neither, and 12 pc had no opinion.
Democrats countered with 47 pc considering Pakistain an enemy, 11 pc said Pakistain is a friend, 30 pc said neither, and 12 pc offered no opinion. Among Independents, 45 pc looked at Pakistain as an enemy, 4 pc a friend, 37 pc said neither friend nor enemy, and 14 pc did not offer an opinion.
Poll Position`s scientific telephone survey of 1,176 registered voters nationwide was conducted on Nov 27 and has a margin of error of plus, minus three pc.
Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.