Do you remember the irrational crowds in Germany screaming "yes we can" at the sight of Obama?
Do you remember all of the garbage about Bush making us unpopular around the world?
It turns out that Obama is not very popular either.
Let's look at a new poll from the region:
"Despite intense and sustained efforts to woo the Arab world with money and nice words, a newly released survey of the region finds that President Obama is at the bottom of a list Arabs admire most.
Obama is admired by just 4 percent of Middle East Arabs in the new survey released by the Brookings Institution and University of Maryland."
Of course, I've never cared that much about "popularity polls". The US presidency is about leadership and defending US interests. Who cares about "being popular"? I've rather have our president respected and feared in some corners.
Nevertheless, candidate BO made a big deal about "being popular" around the world.
I guess that Pres BO's efforts to be popular are not working in the Middle East. (They are not working in the US either but that's for another post)
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