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...country created a safe haven for a terrorist group that threatened the West. Even when they squabbled with Washington over Iraq, countries such as France and Germany stayed firm on Afghanistan. But public support has fallen over the years, and especially in the past 12 months. An August poll by French daily Le Figaro found that just 36% backed France's military's presence in Afghanistan. In July, a Forsa poll for German magazine Stern found that 61% of Germans want the country's military involvement to end. In Britain, which has 9,000 troops in Afghanistan - the second largest...
...current conversation stems from the fact that we have the first African-American President is unknowable. That racism exists is indisputable. Two more things we know: First, there is a deep sense of discontent among many Americans and a distrust of government and authority, which Time's recent poll showed. And second, a lack of respect and civility in our discourse undermines our ability as a nation to solve our problems--and we have quite a lot of them at the moment...
...Constitution. The move, say Zelaya foes, was a veiled attempt to eliminate presidential term limits and usher in Chavez-style socialism. But Zelaya, while arguing the Constitution needs to be modernized to better help the 70% of the population who live in poverty, says the referendum "was an opinion poll, and it never once mentioned extending presidential term limits...
Obama, President Barack • despite endless droning by pundits about the overexposure of, including one excruciating attempt at humor about, poll shows two-thirds of respondents do not feel that they're seeing too much of • ecstasy-inducing faulting of for "his determination to rely on rational analysis, rather than narrow decisions" by the terminally ridiculous David Broder • reported rethinking by - despite the ominous Cheneyesque promise by the credibility-free Condoleezza Rice (who, remember, ignored very specific pre-9/11 warnings about bin Laden) that "another terrorist attack in the U.S." will be the result - of disastrous...
...since either run unopposed or dominated elections with a large majority of votes. He has maintained approval ratings in the low 70s over the past few years despite the economic slump and criticism of Boston’s public school system, according to surveys by the Boston Globe. A poll from May found that 57 percent of Boston residents claimed to have met the Mayor personally...