Money can't buy you love
Pity our Uncle Sam. He hoses countries down with money, puts up with less than subtle support for terrorism, liberates / shields them from Ba'athist tyranny etc etc. And does he get any gratitude? Judge for yourselves with this chart abstracted from here, wherein this question was asked:
"Taking into account all the things which you think are important, how favourable or unfavourable is your overall opinion or impression of the United States?"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRCDsxYuOCqfmXz7YQc9H-QttNMN87KFJ_jGbilZQvaBw8f-7iyjvQtBP6KRzZ6qDLldfzlbUOmpc9h81y62vPQk4YRhHbxDqX_0KXteG-apbSDh_eNv7NEHE06ZEToNodHBC/s400/Uncle+Sam.jpg)
"Taking into account all the things which you think are important, how favourable or unfavourable is your overall opinion or impression of the United States?"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRCDsxYuOCqfmXz7YQc9H-QttNMN87KFJ_jGbilZQvaBw8f-7iyjvQtBP6KRzZ6qDLldfzlbUOmpc9h81y62vPQk4YRhHbxDqX_0KXteG-apbSDh_eNv7NEHE06ZEToNodHBC/s400/Uncle+Sam.jpg)
Labels: Our friends the Saudis, United States., war on terror