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Regis Philbin
Sep 27th, 2006, 09:07 PM
I'm surprised it's that high. Hey, that's even lower than Bush's aprroval rating, right? LOL :laugh:


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/September%20Dailies/UnitedNations.htm

Just 31% Have Favorable Opinion of U.N.

September 27, 2006

Just 31% of American adults have a favorable opinion of the United Nations. The latest Rasmussen Reports national public opinion survey also found that 45% disagree and have an unfavorable opinion.

Those numbers reflect an erosion of support for the world body in this country. Two years ago opinion on the United Nations was evenly divided--44% favorable and 42% unfavorable.

Democrats generally have a positive attitude towards the United Nations—48% favorable and 25% unfavorable. However, that view is not shared by Republicans and those not affiliated with either major party. Among the GOP faithful, just 18% have a positive opinion of the UN. Among the unaffiliated, that number is 25%.

Women are evenly divided in their opinions while men hold an unfavorable opinion by a 2-to-1 margin.

Despite the low esteem in which the UN is held, 57% of Americans believe the U.S. should continue to participate in it. Just 26% disagree and say the U.S. should not be involved. On this point, Republicans are evenly divided. Democrats, by a 75% to 9% margin, overwhelmingly support continued U.S. involvement. Half (51%) of the unaffiliated agree with the Democrats.

Recently, the United Nations hosted a speech by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in which Chavez referred to President Bush as the Devil. Neither Chavez nor the reference were appreciated by most Americans.

Stopanimalabuse
Sep 28th, 2006, 09:20 AM
It is a globalist group which has a lot of power in the world. Yet when some events take place(the Rwandan massacres in 1994, for example), they've done little to nothing to stop it. If they were more consistent, I think they'd enjoy greater popularity, but that's not the case.

OCkey
Sep 28th, 2006, 12:50 PM
It is a globalist group which has a lot of power in the world. Yet when some events take place(the Rwandan massacres in 1994, for example), they've done little to nothing to stop it. If they were more consistent, I think they'd enjoy greater popularity, but that's not the case.

The UN is not a government, it does not have it's own army and hence does not have the authority to enforce any resolution without the help of the member states. It is not the world police!

To get an overview of the UN please go to:
Encarta: United Nations (http://encarta.msn.com/text_761564986___0/United_Nations.html)

The massacres and genocides that have taken place in the past and are taking place right now are not the fault of the UN but the fault of the member states not taking enough initiate to stop them.

Richard Tafoya
Sep 28th, 2006, 01:33 PM
That's not very different from the number of people that have a favorable opinion of the current Republican-led Congress. Though it blows way past Cheney's favorability.

Stopanimalabuse
Sep 29th, 2006, 04:23 PM
It is not the world police!
I'd like to believe that's true, but the US Government and the UN tend to act like they feel that way. They got the US government to get involved in Somalia(which resulted in a disaster) so why couldn't they get them involved in other nations who are going through worse times? It doesn't make any sense to me.