These statistics apparently do not lie. The US of A is seen in a more positive light across the world: Mexico and Tanzania up 9%, Argentina and Nigeria 6%,Poland, China and India 7%, Lebanon 4%, Russia 5%, South Korea a whopping 12%.
When survey participants were asked why they think US approval rating have risen, the answer was almost unanimous. A sampling of comments are listed here: "No more Bush, nyet Bush, adios Bush, Bye, Bye Bush,no Bush, Bushless better and Bush go clear brush."
Japan was the only country in the survey to decline in their approval of the US and by a full 12%! Japanese economic experts explained that there are so many Japanese investors in the Bush economy that have gone broke and commited hari-kiri that the survey sample was too small to be significant.
