"71% (of Palestinians) admire Osama bin Laden, only 17% think a Palestinian state can coexist with Israel, and only 6% have a favorable view of the U.S. This is hardly surprising in light of another poll result: everyone thinks the United States favors Israel over the Palestinians too much. Even Israelis think so!
On another front, only 55% of Americans think religion should be kept separate from government. That's surprisingly low.
And... there are still an awful lot of bigots all over the world. The chart (below) shows how many people thought various minority groups had a "bad influence" on their country. In America, 12% thought this about blacks and 21% about Hispanics, and it just gets worse from there: 26% in Britain (blacks/Asians), 41% in Germans (Turks), 51% in France (North Africans), and 80% in Italy (Albanians)." Kevin Drum
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