What country (people of the country not the handful of "leaders") still has respect for the US?

Question

Or who still looks to the US as a leader or the country to do the right thing?

Answer 1

As an American, I could care less what the rest of the world thinks, screw them. When they need help they will be at our door willing to trade their mothers and daughters for sex to get our help. Like Britian before us, we rule.

Answer 2

I am Canadian and Canada has been the closest ally and trading partner of the US for decades. Even here the opinion is relatively split on whether the US can be counted on to do the right thing or not. There was a time when the US was a leader on the world stage. But now, it would appear that the US has turned into a bully (and I am not talking about its people), prepared to do what it wants, when it wants, however it wants. And when countries do not support their actions, they get the cold shoulder. But some of the people of the US, rather than the government of the US, are some of the nicest people I know. Although, reading some of the comments listed here ... some are just a little arrogant too.

Answer 3

As always, before providing an answer, I scroll through ones already posted so as not to just repeat the ideas of others. What comes through in BIG BOLD LETTERS is the blind and arrogant patriotism of Americans. This is what other countries see...and disrespect about the US.

As Canadians, we have been good and loyal neighbours. But once we made the decision to decline from participation in Iraq...we were seen as traitors. As long as we agreed with all the US was doing, we were fine. But show a mind of our own...and we were bad!

The rest of the world is tired of the 'bigger, faster, stronger' mentality of the US. Arrogance is never attractive. And no...it is not envy. There is nothing to envy about a country that is populated with citizens who have a 'holier than thou' attitude.

Is the US still a great nation? Yes. Are Americans viewed as great people? No.

Answer 4

Kennedy advisor Arthur Schlesinger wrote of Bush:

The president has adopted a policy of " anticipatory self defence " that is alarmingly similar to the policy that imperial Japan employed at Pearl Harbour, on a date which , as an earlier American president said it would, lives in infamy. Franklin D Roosevelt war right, but today it is we Americans who live in infamy.
He added that " the global wave of sympathy that engulfed the United States after 9-11 has given way to a global wave of hatred of American arrogance and militarism " and even in friendly countries the public regards Bush " as a greater threat to world peace than Saddam Hussein."

This was written by a senior American statesman.
Most people i come in contact with have nothing but loathing for American`s. They find it bewildering why any sane person could support a government hell bent on destroying any culture which does not fall at the feet of US ideology. They cannot understand why they are labelled as a threat and an enemy when all they are is culturally opposite. Not wanting a Macdonalds or a Wall Mart does not make you a bad person

Answer 5

Humm, well... There are a lot of governments who have close ties with the US (Indonesia, Australia, Norway and Pakistan) but the public opinion of those people of the US is quite low.

I can certainly say, that the Nordic Countries, are quite sad over the turn for worse the US has taken. Still, it has not been our job to judge, whether it be Russia, China, Indonesia or USA. We help where it is needed, and ponder legalities of the US actions and how it affects us.

The only virtue the US nowadays has is being large. Wether it is talking about the economy or the military...

Answer 6

I'm from Botswana, Africa. We don't "respect" America as such but they've helped us in their own way, which deserves some thanks. And it wasn't because "we are suffering from war, famine, etc" because we aren't. If you want to come to the safest country in the southern African region, Botswana is the place to go. America has given us a piece of the pie but not because were "an African country on the brink of disaster". We're good as we are.

Sorry 'bout that, just lost it for a minute there.

Answer 7

Hi I'm British. I have absolutely no respect for the current american administration. The fact that you voted it back in makes me wonder about the American people tbh.
(but then the mid-terms made me question this).

So now I have some hope and a possibility of respect for you guys.

Ps)If it wasn't for guys like Keith Olberman and Jon Stewart I would be very frightened.

Answer 8

I do. And I think all the normal people in the world respect the US. It is only the self appointed "moral leaders" who voice fake and hypocritical outrage.

Answer 9

I think a better question should be how many countries around the world does the US have any respect for?

Answer 10

The Irish have a certain fondness for America, and a lot to thank America for which we will never forget. But what America has done in Iraq is unforgivable in the next couple of generations anyway. All respect is gone I am afraid, to be replaced by disgust and disappointment.

Answer 11

Who cares? I don't know of anyone that respects the UN, but somehow they keep on being stupid and allow people to die needlessly. They were supposed to be the leaders that would put an end to injustice in the world.