Nile Gardiner at The Telegraph writes an editorial about why Obama is so loved by everyone at the UN. How popular is he there? He says:
"The latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey of international confidence in Obama’s leadership on foreign affairs shows strikingly high approval levels for the president in many parts of the world – 94 percent in Kenya, 93 percent in Germany, 88 percent in Canada and Nigeria, 77 percent in India, 76 percent in Brazil, 71 percent in Indonesia, and 62 percent in China for example. The Pew survey of 21 countries reveals an average level of 71 percent support for President Obama, compared to just 17 percent for George W. Bush in 2008."
Why is he so popular there?
"He is the first American president who has made an art form out of apologizing for the United States, which he has done on numerous occasions on foreign soil, from Strasbourg to Cairo. The Obama mantra appears to be – ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do to atone for your country. This is a message that goes down very well in a world that is still seething with anti-Americanism."
The UN is mostly thugs who rule over their own people with iron wills. Democracies are very few in the UN. Obama is seen as weak and obviously doesn't believe in American power.
The original op-ed can be found here.
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