Majority Of Pakistanis Says U.S. Is Greatest Threat -- The Hill
A poll released Sunday revealed that despite the massive amounts of aid directed toward Pakistan in this administration, Pakistanis peg the U.S. as a far greater threat than the Taliban and even archenemy India.
The poll of more than 2,500 Pakistanis, conducted across rural and urban areas at the end of July by Gallup Pakistan for Al-Jazeera, found that 41 percent favored their government's military operation against the Taliban, while 22 percent claimed neutrality and 24 percent opposed.
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My Comment: When 6 out of 10 citizens regard you as the greatest threat in their part of the world .... while Osama Bin Laden is the most revered .... you know that you are in "enemy territory".
Still .... these stats should not surprise us. Anti-Americanism is rampant in the Pakistani media, mosques, the educational system, and in their government. Our only surprise should be that the stats are not at 90% or higher.
I would like to believe that there is something else that we can do to garner the support of the people in this region .... but I cannot see it. Even if all U.S. and NATO forces leave Afghanistan, this virulent Anti-Americanism/anti-Western sentiment will still be there, and the Al Qaeda kooks who live and are protected by these people will still dream up some terror action whose sole purpose will be to cause mass murder in the West.