New Poll Shows Arab and Muslim Dissatisfaction with Obama

Written by FrumForum Editors on Saturday June 19, 2010

Spencer Ackerman has identified a poll which shows the lack of satisfaction with Obama in the Muslim and Arab world:

A year after President Obama’s speech in Cairo vowing to reset relations with the Muslim world, Muslims worldwide are telling pollsters about their disillusionment with what they consider unfulfilled expectations.

According to the Pew Center’s new survey of global attitudes (PDF), released Thursday morning, citizens of Muslim nations report disproportionate antipathy to Obama’s foreign policy. With the exception of Indonesia, where Obama spent a portion of his childhood, Muslims are the exceptions to the Pew poll’s findings that eighteen months of the Obama administration have seen a surge of international support for the United States after the public-opinion troughs of the Bush administration.

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Category: Middle Rail