NYTimes -- World Survey Says Negative Views of U.S. Are Rising

While people in most non-Muslim countries continue to view the United States favorably, negative opinions have increased in most nations over the past two years, according to public opinion surveys in 44 countries.

Bush is causing people's opinion of the United States to decline.

In Turkey, favorable views of the United States have dropped from 52 to 30 percent in the past two years. Only 30 percent said they supported the campaign against terrorism and 74 percent said the United States did not pay either much or any attention to Turkey's interests when setting policy. This week, Turkey's foreign minister, Yasar Yakis, cited public opinion in explaining to American officials why his country could not accept large numbers of American ground troops for a war with Iraq.

There are consequences to having neo-cons influence your foreign policy. This administration has squandered the tremendous good will that people around the world had toward it after 9/11.