Ouch

By WorldWideWeber | Published: July 3, 2006

How they see us from across the pond:

As Americans prepare to celebrate the 230th anniversary of their independence tomorrow, [a YouGov] poll found that only 12 per cent of Britons trust them to act wisely on the global stage. This is half the number who had faith in the Vietnam-scarred White House of 1975.

Most Britons see America as a cruel, vulgar, arrogant society, riven by class and racism, crime-ridden, obsessed with money and led by an incompetent hypocrite.

Agence France-Presse has more of the unsavory details. The Telegraph offers some comment of its own. Not a pretty picture.

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