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CAIRO,
April 11 (IslamOnline.net) - U.S. supports dictatorial regimes in the
Muslim world, but any military interference by Washington to topple
those regimes is not welcome, an IslamOnline.net poll revealed Sunday,
April 11.
The
poll, entitled "The U.S. and Dictatorships in the Muslim
World" - started April 8 and ran for three - drew the
participation of little less than four thousand and a half
respondents.
Among
the 4.360 who responded to the IOL poll, 89.17% agreed that the U.S.
supports dictatorial regimes. A minority of 10.83%, however, believed
that the U.S. does not support such regimes.
A
great majority of respondents, however, rejected any military
interference from the U.S. to topple those regimes saying the best way
to help the people living under these dictatorships is for the U.S. to
end any and all support or aid to these regimes.
87.72%
of the 4112 respondents supported end of the aid, while a minor
percentage of 12.28% believed the U.S. should interfere militarily.
The
American image in the eyes of the world deteriorated since the
beginning of the so-called war on terrorism that started with the
military campaign on Afghanistan and then invading and occupying Iraq.
Growing
Mistrust
In
the same context, a survey of BBC viewers worldwide found Friday,
April 9, that the U.S. poses a far greater threat to the world than
terrorism and armed conflicts.
An
earlier survey carried out in nine world countries showed that the
majority of peoples mistrust
the U.S. foreign policies and suspect the motives behind its war on
terror.
One
year after occupation of Iraq, the United States has failed to win the
support of the Iraqi people according to subsequent polls coming out
of Iraq.
Iraqis,
on the other hand, believe that their lives is much
worse than it was during the regime of the former Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein.
U.S.
Secretary of State Collin Powell announced
in December last year a 29-million-dollar initiative to foster
"democracy" in the Middle East.
Last
November, U.S. President George W. Bush said the people of the Middle
East should have responsible democratic leaders, announcing
a new American "forward strategy of freedom in the Middle
East", a policy which drew
flack from Arab countries.
Several
Arab political analysts regarded, however, the version of
"democracy" suggested by the U.S. as the door for Washington
to meddle
into Arab countries' internal affairs and rearrange the region
according to its own interests.
