Most of the newspapers I've seen focus on the change in other countries' opinions of the U.S. from 2005 to 2006. I was more intrigued by the change from 2000 to 2006. Only Russia, Pakistan and Nigeria had a more favorable opinion of us in 2006 than they held in 2000.
The percent of people from our allies who held a favorable opinion of us in 2000 has really dropped over the last six years. In Great Britain it went from 83% to 56%, France 62% to 39%, Germany 78% to 37%, Spain 50% to 23%. Those same countries also feel that the Iraq War has made the world a more dangerous place; the percentages of those who feel this way are 60% Britain, 76% France, 66% Germany and 68% Spain.
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