Kevin Drum makes the point that the poll is a concrete reflection of Obama's "soft power". But, to be fair to Bush, "soft power" was never a weapon at his disposal because nobody around the world liked or respected him anyway.
Really, what choice did his neo-con puppetmasters have but to have him play the bully? It was the only role Bush could credibly play.
* - Israel is apparently the only country on the planet that trusted Bush to do the "right thing" more than Obama, albeit barely.
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