Yeah, this isn’t a story you’re likely to see on CBS tonight, so I guess the Conservative blogosphere will have to run with it. A Zogby survey finds that in most Arab countries, Obama and U.S. favorable ratings are lower than they were at the end of the hated Bush Administration.
From the survey itself:
After improving with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, U.S. favorable ratings across the Arab world have plummeted. In most countries they are lower than at the end of the Bush Administration, and lower than Iran’s favorable ratings (except in Saudi Arabia).
And wouldn’t you know it, Obama’s one great achievement as Commander and Chief, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, is a major contributing factor in the Arab world turning sour on him. Given the fact that his post Bin Laden bounce was short lived and now gone, and the Arab world thinks less of him than Bush, I wonder if Obama could do it over again would he maybe let Osama slip over the border and disappear? Just a thought.
H/T: Jonah Goldberg
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