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2009-03-30 Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve White 2009-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 In an ABC/BBC poll conducted in 2005, a full four years after the fall of the Taliban, 8 in 10 Afghans expressed a favorable opinion of the United States -- an extraordinary proportion in a Muslim nation -- and the same number supported the American-led overthrow of the Taliban in their country.

And just last month, in a new poll by ABC and the BBC, 58 percent of Afghans named the Taliban as the greatest threat to their nation. Only 8 percent said it was the United States. And while only 47 percent of Afghans still had a favorable opinion of America, the Taliban fared far worse, with just 7 percent approval.

In the New York Times. But I don't recall hearing things like this from them back in the olden days when Mr. Bush lived in the White House...

Posted by trailing wife 2009-03-30 13:23|| 2009-03-30 13:23|| Front Page Top

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