what... the world ISN'T safer?

i want to move to europe

Poll: Iraq war hiked terror fears

More than two-thirds of the people living in Australia, Britain and Italy -- three countries allied with the United States in the Iraq war -- believe the war has increased the threat of terrorism.

*note: they forgot poland!

Leaders of those countries -- prime ministers Tony Blair of Britain, John Howard of Australia and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy -- all get low marks from their people for their handling of the war on terrorism, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows.

More than half of those in the United States, 52 percent, believe the Iraq war has increased the threat of terrorism, while three in 10 in the United States think it has decreased the threat -- a view promoted by President Bush.

(emphasis mine)

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In Australia and each of five European countries polled [Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain], only about one in 20 believe the Iraq war decreased the terror threat.

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In Britain, the poll found only one-third approve of Blair's handling of the war on terror. Friday's announcement of the beheading in Iraq of British hostage Kenneth Bigley is likely to increase pressure on Blair.

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"The proportion of people worried by the terrorist threat has increased in most of the countries ... since February," said Corman of Ipsos in Belgium. "People feel more and more insecure."

ah chimpy. spreading terror like the plague.

i'm sure his response to this (if he has one) will be something like: "well, these people just don't understand the nature of freedom."

yes, france, who gave us the statue of liberty, knows nothing about freedom.

conversely, the british know ALL about freedom... especially after we won it from them in 1776.