Poll: Majorities in only nine of 17 countries surveyed believe Al Qaeda was responsible for 9/11
posted at 9:21 pm on September 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I can’t decide what’s more depressing: That the bastion of sanity on this issue in the Muslim world is the Palestinian territories or that our wealthy, well educated Asian and European “allies” lag far behind Kenya and Nigeria.
I almost don’t want to know whom people are thinking of when they answer “Other.” Exit question: Let’s see how well I know our readers. Which country’s result do you find most infuriating? I bet I can guess.
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Can we compare that list to countries in support of Obama?
Ya know. Just for giggles.
lorien1973 on September 10, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Mexico for a thousand, Alex.
amerpundit on September 10, 2008 at 9:23 PM
if so many nations feel we did this, perhaps we can show off our madskills on their financial districts as a primer?
/sarc
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM
“Can we compare that list to countries in support of Obama?
Ya know. Just for giggles.
lorien1973 on September 10, 2008 at 9:23 PM”
BINGO!!! My thoughts, exactly!!
Star20 on September 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Hate to go O/T so early on, but Team McCain just sent out a fundraising email. Team McCain and the RNC have created a joint committee that can raise money to fight smears against Palin and to help ensure victory. There’s also a compliance fund that can raise money.
Now back to your regular-scheduled programming.
amerpundit on September 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Freaking Mexico, WTF?
WisCon on September 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM
I’m disappointed in Turkey.
Also, isn’t Jordan an “ally”? By that I mean, an ally like Saudi Arabia is an “ally”.
And I say we run a canal along the US-Mexico border.
MadisonConservative on September 10, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Trick question.
You thought I would say Mexico.
But we all know that Mexico would have gotten it right if most of the many millions of its citizens who have a bit of snap and smarts had not already moved north of the border.
JudetheFossil on September 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM
This may be the reason why the BBC poll showed that the rest of the world wants Obama to win.
MedSchoolCatholic on September 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM
These are the countries the Dems want to improve relations with and want their approval.
CanadianGuy on September 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM
I want to know what the numbers are on this country. Just how many inbred morons think the US government or Israel did it.
thekingtut on September 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM
43% of Egypt believes Israel was responsible? ….. seriously?
henzou on September 10, 2008 at 9:30 PM
MEXICO? Really? For real? Good grief, I’m with MadisonConservative about digging a canal. I’ll bring a shovel. SHEESH.
Though…now that I’m thinking about it, it does provide a snappy rejoinder to “The world wants us to elect Obama.”
“Yeah? The world though 911 was an inside job too. TBHTTTT!!!”
Sarjex on September 10, 2008 at 9:30 PM
we did theoretical research back in the 60s called operation plowshare concerning excavation with high yield nuclear detonations……
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare
could have it dug in about 27 minutes I’d wager.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Al Qaeda seriously needs to increase their advertising and public relations budget. Scratchy tape recordings a couple of times a year and video of Osama that was shot a decade ago aren’t cutting it.
How do they expect to be considered as the major terror purveyors of the new millennium if the public isn’t even aware of their major accomplishments?
Bartrams_Garden on September 10, 2008 at 9:31 PM
“what is …Mexico?”
Mike D. on September 10, 2008 at 9:32 PM
I’m going for Britain alex!…their an ally, right?
Bluestate_Blues on September 10, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Gosh the Kenyans and Nigerians are smarter than the Europeans? Shocked by Germany, let Puty-put gobble them whole
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 9:33 PM
JudetheFossil – Good point, Mexico has a spread that indicates the residents don’t have a clue.
Jordan, Turkey, Egypt all fared worse than the PALESTINE TERRITORIES?
We call some of these guys allies.
Would be interesting to see how Pakistan fared in such a poll.
I think they would be in the “Al Who?” region.
Marine_Bio on September 10, 2008 at 9:34 PM
They believe this because so many AMERICANS put forth the idea that it was America that did this.
I believe that..and it pisses me off.
bridgetown on September 10, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Pleasantly surprised about France, though.
amerpundit on September 10, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Wait a minute…so a third of Mexicans thinks the U.S. is responsible for 9/11, but millions of them come over every year to work here? Man, it must be brutal down there.
m064404 on September 10, 2008 at 9:34 PM
they get killed by AQ….the denier nations for the most part are muslim infested with no major casualties….
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Well if you use such a tragedy like 9/11 as an excuse to launch your nine year old strategy for a “New American Century” by fighting one aggressive war and trying to start others, people are going to get suspicious because they have seen that rerun with the Reichstag, who incidentally is where their mentors Leo Strauss and Martin Heidegger came from.
Then when you whitewash the investigation by having people who should have been questioned by the commission the only people who were authorized to view classified documents, not to mention executive director and Gorelick that would also cause people to mistake a “well meaning” coverup to save the jobs and face of incompetent government workers for complicity in the attacks themselves.
LevStrauss on September 10, 2008 at 9:35 PM
DK = Daily Kos?
ManlyRash on September 10, 2008 at 9:37 PM
I would like to see this poll side by side with the quality of education and freedom of press in each country.
bridgetown on September 10, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Um, how many Americans believe the U.S. government was involved? Shouldn’t that be the most infuriating?
terryannonline on September 10, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Kenya is an easy one. They’ve seen AQ up front and personal. More than once.
coldwarrior on September 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Knew you’d be around soon. Color me shocked that you’re making excuses for people believing that the U.S. government killed 3,000 of its own people even when OBL has bragged about doing it.
amerpundit on September 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM
It was a tough choice between Mexico and Germany, but for some reason Germany really pisses me off more.
4shoes on September 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM
<DK = Daily Kos?
ManlyRash on September 10, 2008 at 9:37 PM
So the Chinese are more politically astute than we thought?
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Ahhhh… the poor African countries haven’t yet learned politics… they actually answer honestly, versus what will further their political agenda.
Whereas Mexicans infuriate me, I’ll double down on the goddamn Germans.
And I always thought Germans were smart. Assholes.
lionheart on September 10, 2008 at 9:39 PM
That’s why we should REALLY care about what the rest of the world thinks about our politics.
Jim M. on September 10, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I didn’t realize there were so many DFL’ers living overseas.
Bishop on September 10, 2008 at 9:41 PM
Wait a minute,theres only 16 countries and
one Palestinian territory!
Is this from the Obama camp!haha.
And it looks like Mexico,is confused!
Was this poll conducted before or after CERN
was turned on,inquiring minds want to know!!haha.
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Why wasn’t Australia included in this poll?…Id be interested in seeing those numbers…
Bluestate_Blues on September 10, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Jim M. on September 10, 2008 at 9:40 PM –
Then, again, may we need not worry about what other countries think of us.
Do what we do. If they want to join along, fine. If not, so what?
If we were so bad in the eyes of the world, why is the rate of immigration applications to the United States huge, and still growing?
coldwarrior on September 10, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Germany takes the cake. Mexico takes the 50 foot high fence.
Cardiganfox on September 10, 2008 at 9:46 PM
I was thinking this morning that Drudge could have–if he wanted to be cute–have juxtaposed this with another story:
BBC POLL: WORLD WANTS OBAMA…
GLOBAL POLL: No consensus on who was behind Sept 11…
DaveS on September 10, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Coke spew!!!!……..wait a minute…….that’s possible!!!!
grapeknutz on September 10, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Breaking (fake)news from Bendover Backwards News(BBN)
In light of confused Mexicans,Nancy Pelosi,has demanded
why the Koolaid shipments to Mexico have not been doubled!!
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Even better: Donkey Kong.
CherokeeJack on September 10, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Sorry, just saw the word country!…my bad!..:(
Bluestate_Blues on September 10, 2008 at 9:49 PM
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
Blake on September 10, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Yes, France and Mexico are a surprise to me. I agree, Kenya and Nigeria have seen AQ up close and have a better understanding of what they can do.
atxcowgirl on September 10, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Nothing is better than DK= Daily Kos…..nothing
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Haha,
And Palin was against earmarks…
Don’t imagine the make believe BS the Republicans have been spreadin’ for 8 years doesn’t take it’s toll.
If McCain can be anything he wants to be…so can everybody else.
alphie on September 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM
This is why we need a conservative in the White House and Dems need to be defeated and not compromised with.
JellyToast on September 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM
A true testament of how well the blame-America Democrats did their job.
pocomoco on September 10, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Think about this: Mein Kampf is still a bestseller in Egypt and Jordan.
So yeah, they pretty much think Israel is responsible for everything.
mjk on September 10, 2008 at 9:54 PM
What are the numbers here? Whatever they are, the Al Qaeda ones are only going to go down.
The libs won’t let us teach “alternate theories” to our very existence in schools, but I bet you they’ll teach the “alternate theories” to this one in a heartbeat.
In two to three generations, 9/11 is going to be a fairy tale.
LibTired on September 10, 2008 at 9:55 PM
What disgusts me is that America IS the rest of the world.
I wonder how many countries were represented in the people who died on 09/11.
Oh, this is just depressing. I think I’ll go back to my usual idea of just Not believing polls. period.
bridgetown on September 10, 2008 at 9:55 PM
THank god they didn’t poll Americans. I’m sure the poll would be really close to the election polls.
SouthernGent on September 10, 2008 at 9:56 PM
In two to three generations, 9/11 is going to be a fairy tale.
LibTired on September 10, 2008 at 9:55 PM
We can only hope. And we’ll have George W. Bush to thank.
bridgetown on September 10, 2008 at 9:56 PM
This is a prime example of how you can distort or prove anything with polls.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 9:56 PM
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Ditto
alphie must have posted on the wrong thread ;)
atxcowgirl on September 10, 2008 at 9:59 PM
I had no idea I had so much respect for Kenyans. You learn something new every day.
lobstress on September 10, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Why isn’t Cuba and Venezuela included in this commie poll? You know Hugo Chávez has an opinion on this.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM
These countries all need to watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OIXfkXEj0
CanadianGuy on September 10, 2008 at 10:02 PM
And these are the foreign countries in Obama’s judgement to whom we should defer in our foreign policy decisions and national defense.
Tantor on September 10, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Turkey, now there’s a country packed with morons.
jaime on September 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Someone said it above:
“in a couple of generations, 9/11 will be a fairy tale.”
I’m guessing the numbers are the same for countries who doubt the Holocaust.
Dementia gulps down the world.
Urban Infidel on September 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM
And Somolia didn’t make the list!!
How strange,I bet the %,would be around 9 per cent!!
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I guess “global polls” are the wave of the future. There is another one on Drudge today saying that the world wants Obama. This makes sense, if you can’t get the poll results you want in the USA, no matter how hard you try, just poll a commie country and voilà.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 10:04 PM
““The world wants us to elect Obama.”
“Yeah? The world though 911 was an inside job too. TBHTTTT!!!””
I am so stealing that …
Buckaroo on September 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I’d like to see this compared to “Did the Jewish holocaust happen?” And with a different sample from those countries, “Who was resonsible for the Holocaust?” I’m betting haters will either deny it happened or blame Israel and the US.
AnotherOpinion on September 10, 2008 at 10:06 PM
CanadianGuy, I think I love you!!!
lobstress on September 10, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Freaking Mexico, WTF?
WisCon on September 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM
_______________________________________________
U-Tube has a video of the MayDay march,..you can hear them thanking Osama for 9/11…while standing on American soil.
As for the poll,..Kenya is no shocker, just as they know obamatheliar more then does America,…They also know how the muslims are hell bent on destroying America.
BTW, Did I say I could give a rats toot-toot what other countries think of us?…America ROCKS!!
christene on September 10, 2008 at 10:06 PM
“in a couple of generations,9/11 will be a fairy tale”
Good lord I hope not!
Just remember,like 9/11,don’t forget, Pearl !
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM
If you can’t trust the Palestinian territories… who can ya trust?
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM
People are retarded. About 54% of them. So this poll looks about right.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:09 PM
So we did it, eh?
Johan Klaus on September 10, 2008 at 10:11 PM
They’re not admitting, they’re boasting.
progressoverpeace on September 10, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I would like to them conduct this same poll after Obama loses the election. Anyone want to place a wager on the outcome the second time around?
c3ichief on September 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
That would be what you think the logic would be like all across the Middle East. The moderates know AQ did it and the nutjobs are proud that AQ did it. Why are the levels of retardation so high in Egypt and Jordan then? Doesn’t make sense.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
An overlay of that survey with this one would be interesting.
aikidoka on September 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM
BTW,Did I say I could give a rats toot-toot what other
countries think of us?…AMERICA ROCKS!!
christene on Sept 10,2008 at 10:06PM.
christene: From your concerned nieghbor up north,I say
its about time!!!
Its the American Liberals who have besmirched
“Lady Liberty’s” good name abroad!!
canopfor on September 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Good lord. And they ask me why I drink.
flipflop on September 10, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Most infuriating: Mexico – we have a real problem here that will have to be dealt with eventually. I’m talkin’ military. And these ingrates who obviously hate our guts – “W” allowed 20 million of them to come streaming across our southern border.
Most perplexing: Ukraine?? Could Putin be right about these nitwits? 39% don’t know? Duuuhhh! Maybe they don’t know how to read?
Most surprising: Nigeria and Kenya! Looks like we might have some friends in Africa, huh?
DD
Darvin Dowdy on September 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM
The real question is what Djibouti thinks. That’s the real test right there.
Oh yeah, and screw Mexico!
Grafted on September 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM
This doesn’t shock me, Hollywood has been working hard to convince everyone that Bush and Osama are tied at the hip. I think that after seeing this poll, Michael Moore will be heading to Nigeria and Kenya to set those people straight too.
El_Terrible on September 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM
> 50% not another u.s. nickel and the promise that if (when) we get wacked again, you will be targeted. 1st strike is south of the border, may the beaners rot in hell!
dmann on September 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Personal issues, I would figure. In Egypt, one can always be anti-Israel or anti-US, but being pro-Al Quaeda is kind of dicey (muslim brotherhood and all). It is interesting, for sure.
progressoverpeace on September 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Not really all that surprising. Bush has probably been the best President in terms of aid to Africa in American history. Of course they’re not going to think he blows up his own stuff.
Not Mexico, if that’s what you were thinking ;-). Actually, for me, it’s Germany. A lot of people in Mexico are too poor to be educated or informed. But people in Germany are educated and do have access to the information. No excuse for that high a number.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:23 PM
I’m not surprised. Bush has done more for Africa in his 8 years than all the presidents over the past 30 or so…and that includes Clinton. By and large, the US is seen very favorably in Africa.
Ukraine is quite the puzzler, though.
flipflop on September 10, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Good point. I wasn’t thinking of members/supporters of rival terrorist groups/faction of the Islamofascist movement that don’t want to give AQ the credit.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Yeah, we might just let Pooty-Poot have Ukraine if he wants it. We’ll protect the people that appreciate the fact that the threat of American retaliation is the only thing keeping Russia from sucking their poor little country into its quasi empire.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Like we said, the WORLD wants BHO as president.
Mojave Mark on September 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM
To tell you the truth, i was surprised the number of sane people in Europe were so high.
Lots of wackos this side of the pond. I’ve gotten seriously angry more then once discussing this. Even (sadly) with members of my own family.
madne0 on September 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Soros needs a lead pill!
dmann on September 10, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Troofers…in my family! I’d go nuts. Nice to know that it isn’t genetic, though.
malan89 on September 10, 2008 at 10:31 PM
At US Mexico soccer games, the mexican fans routinely chant 911 and al queda. Screw them.
Blake on September 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM
I’m sorry, I mis-spoke. The mexicans chant Osama at games. Still, screw them.
Blake on September 10, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Y’know…it’s crap like this that makes me understand the isolationist point of view. Just pull back all our troops to “Fortress America”, withdraw from the UN and let them relocate to Moscow, drop out of NATO, OAS, etc. Eff ‘em all.
But that would leave Europe and Asia to be divvied up between Russia and China. Not. Gonna. Happen.
flipflop on September 10, 2008 at 10:38 PM
They forgot to include Canada in their survey. Seeing as how their country was probably where the 9-11 terrorists gained entry into the US, it’d be interesting to see what their numbers are.
Dagnar on September 10, 2008 at 10:44 PM
…been there…nice people…not bad…’til you begin asking them questions. Then, they have to engage their brains, and it begins to go wobbly.
I’m all for seeing if Mexico will do a trade for ol’ LevStrauss…what say, 4-5 illegals for him, as an off-set for the level of douchbag he appears to be.
It’s OK, Lev…a lot of ‘em speak English, having been here before. They’ll love you.
Puritan1648 on September 10, 2008 at 10:44 PM
And all of these countries have ZERO electoral votes…
onlineanalyst on September 10, 2008 at 10:49 PM
At least in the case of some of these Muslim countries, you don’t know for certain who the guy on the other side of the phone is so you might as well give an answer that will keep your family safe.
Mexicans have no excuse.
Buddahpundit on September 10, 2008 at 10:49 PM
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