According to the website World Public Opinion.org, George Bush is one of the most unpopular and least trusted leaders in the world. Only Ahmadinejad and Musharraf are ranked as low as Bush.
WPO.org did a survey of 20 countries, with nearly 20,000 respondents. They asked the respondents what leaders they "trusted to do the right thing". There were only two countries that gave Bush a higher positive rating than a negative rating (and the United States was not one of the two) -- Nigeria and India. Thailand was evenly split.
Overall, Bush received a 23% positive rating and a 67% negative rating. In the U.S., he had a 42% positive and 56% negative. Here are how the leaders were ranked:
Ban Ki-Moon (United Nations) 35%
Putin (Russia) 32%
Brown (Great Britain) 30%
Hu Jintao (China) 28%
Sarkozy (France) 26%
Bush (United States) 23%
Ahmadinejad (Iran) 22%
Musharraf (Pakistan) 18%
According to the director of WPO.org, the mistrust of George Bush has created a worldwide vacuum in leadership and no one has really stepped up to fill it. Sadly though, even the leaders of China and Russia are trusted more than the current leader of the United States.
Bush has been a disaster as a leader, both at home and abroad.
Wow, that's pretty embarrassing. And I imagine that the only reason the people of India like him is because of all the American jobs that have been sent over there during his administration. The world is going to be so much better off once he's gone.
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