University of Maryland Professor Shibley Telhami presented this week results from the 2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll. This project was jointly undertaken by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and Zogby International.
Here as a pdf file is the entire 110 page powerpoint presentation.
But the zinger graph is above. The views Arabs hold of Americans have little do with “values” — or in other words, George Bush’s assertion that “they hate us for our freedoms.”
Arabs, like most in the world, judge America for our actions and policies — which under this administration have been deplorable.
— Steve Clemons
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