How the world sees the United States - Poll results

Very interesting research by the Pew center on how other countries see the United States.

1. America

Some of the results are kind of surprising. For example, Brazil sees the US very favorably (I wouldn't have expected it given how its government is pro-Venezuela and pro-Cuba - but then, it's a very unpopular government, presently). A whooping 73% of Brazilians see us favorably against 23% who see us unfavorably. The Argentines on the other hand are divided about us: 43% vs. 43%. Even the Venezuelans like us more than they dislike us (51% vs. 41%). Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans and Canadians like us too.

The stereotype that the French don't like us turns out to be entirely false: they also have positive feelings about us at the same 73% rate of Brazil, although the negative views increase a bit to 27%. They actually like us more than the Brits do (65%). Hehe, I wonder what the latest NSA scandal will do to these numbers. They did decrease in Germany after the Angela Merkel phone tapping scandal, and now it's been discovered that we did the same to three French presidents.

The Italians are the Europeans most crazy about us with a huge approval rate of 83% with only 14% of disapproval. So much for all the people who thought that the Amanda Knox case had to do with anti-American sentiment.

Unsurprisingly the Russians really hate us, with only 15% favorable to us and a huge 81% against us (Putin's propaganda has been achieving its goals). The Pakistanis dislike us too, and so do the Chinese.

A very strange number - Vietnam, the country we fought a war against, supports us at 78% versus only 13% against us. The same happens among the Japanese with 68% (less surprising given all the rebuilt ties between the two countries after WWII while the Vietnam war is more recent).

The Africans are all crazy about us. We are really loved by the Philippine.

Again unsurprisingly the Israeli love us (81% favorable) while the Palestinians hate us (only 26% favorable).

Globally, the idea that the whole world hates us is also debunked: we get an average of 69% of worldwide approval versus 24% of disapproval. Neat!

GreatNews2night said:

Very interesting research by the Pew center on how other countries see the United States.

1. America

Some of the results are kind of surprising. For example, Brazil sees the US very favorably (I wouldn't have expected it given how its government is pro-Venezuela and pro-Cuba - but then, it's a very unpopular government, presently). A whooping 73% of Brazilians see us favorably against 23% who see us unfavorably. The Argentines on the other hand are divided about us: 43% vs. 43%. Even the Venezuelans like us more than they dislike us (51% vs. 41%). Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans and Canadians like us too.

The stereotype that the French don't like us turns out to be entirely false: they also have positive feelings about us at the same 73% rate of Brazil, although the negative views increase a bit to 27%. They actually like us more than the Brits do (65%).

The Italians are the Europeans most crazy about us with a huge approval rate of 83% with only 14% of disapproval. So much for all the people who thought that the Amanda Knox case had to do with anti-American sentiment.

Unsurprisingly the Russians really hate us, with only 15% favorable to us and a huge 81% against us (Putin's propaganda has been achieving its goals). The Pakistanis dislike us too, and so do the Chinese.

A very strange number - Vietnam, the country we fought a war against, supports us at 78% versus only 13% against us. The same happens among the Japanese with 68% (less surprising given all the rebuilt ties between the two countries after WWII while the Vietnam war is more recent).

The Africans are all crazy about us. We are really loved by the Philippine.

Again unsurprisingly the Israeli love us (81% favorable) while the Palestine hate us (26%).

Globally, the idea that the whole world hates us is also debunked: we get an average of 69% of worldwide approval versus 24% of disapproval. Neat!

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Those have fluctuated a great amount in the past 15 years. Look at all of those results from 2003-2009. 9 out of 10 times they were incredibly lower.

Well Vietnam has serious issues with China so as a result they allied with a power to defend against China. Also the war was almost half a century ago now.

TheDemSocialist said:

Those have fluctuated a great amount in the past 15 years. Look at all of those results from 2003-2009. 9 out of 10 times they were incredibly lower.

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Yes, the sharpest change is among the Russians who up to recently had mostly favorable views about us, and then it reversed rapidly with the Ukraine situation. It shows how efficient Putin's propaganda machine is! Kind of scary!

But looking again, besides the obvious case of Russia, I don't see such huge changes as you are seeing - I wouldn't call the older numbers "incredibly lower."

Carjosse said:

Well Vietnam has serious issues with China so as a result they allied with a power to defend against China. Also the war was almost half a century ago now.

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True, but I thought there would be some lingering resentment; apparently not.

I linked to the second page of the article but there are five pages with a wealth of other information, pretty interesting!

For example, more people than not think that China has already replaced the United States as the world's superpower. 48% say so while 35% don't.

GreatNews2night said:

Very interesting research by the Pew center on how other countries see the United States.

1. America

Some of the results are kind of surprising. For example, Brazil sees the US very favorably (I wouldn't have expected it given how its government is pro-Venezuela and pro-Cuba - but then, it's a very unpopular government, presently). A whooping 73% of Brazilians see us favorably against 23% who see us unfavorably. The Argentines on the other hand are divided about us: 43% vs. 43%. Even the Venezuelans like us more than they dislike us (51% vs. 41%). Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans and Canadians like us too.

The stereotype that the French don't like us turns out to be entirely false: they also have positive feelings about us at the same 73% rate of Brazil, although the negative views increase a bit to 27%. They actually like us more than the Brits do (65%). Hehe, I wonder what the latest NSA scandal will do to these numbers. They did decrease in Germany after the Angela Merkel phone tapping scandal, and now it's been discovered that we did the same to three French presidents.

The Italians are the Europeans most crazy about us with a huge approval rate of 83% with only 14% of disapproval. So much for all the people who thought that the Amanda Knox case had to do with anti-American sentiment.

Unsurprisingly the Russians really hate us, with only 15% favorable to us and a huge 81% against us (Putin's propaganda has been achieving its goals). The Pakistanis dislike us too, and so do the Chinese.

A very strange number - Vietnam, the country we fought a war against, supports us at 78% versus only 13% against us. The same happens among the Japanese with 68% (less surprising given all the rebuilt ties between the two countries after WWII while the Vietnam war is more recent).

The Africans are all crazy about us. We are really loved by the Philippine.

Again unsurprisingly the Israeli love us (81% favorable) while the Palestinians hate us (only 26% favorable).

Globally, the idea that the whole world hates us is also debunked: we get an average of 69% of worldwide approval versus 24% of disapproval. Neat!

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Hold on there! Now doesn't Fox News tell us day after day how Obama's ruining America's good name and driving our national reputation in the dirt? You know FULL WELL that when Fox News says one thing and the actual numbers and hard data say something completely different, Fox News MUST be believed at all costs!

C'mon, you know this!

Glen Contrarian said:

Hold on there! Now doesn't Fox News tell us day after day how Obama's ruining America's good name and driving our national reputation in the dirt? You know FULL WELL that when Fox News says one thing and the actual numbers and hard data say something completely different, Fox News MUST be believed at all costs!

C'mon, you know this!

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Who, me? Why would you think that I support anything in Fox News? I don't even watch it, ever, and wouldn't trust anything that they say. It's not a news channel, it's just a channel that thrives in entertaining - that is, they say exactly what their viewers want to hear, regardless of its anchor in reality.

Glen Contrarian said:

Hold on there! Now doesn't Fox News tell us day after day how Obama's ruining America's good name and driving our national reputation in the dirt? You know FULL WELL that when Fox News says one thing and the actual numbers and hard data say something completely different, Fox News MUST be believed at all costs!

C'mon, you know this!

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why do you watch Fox news if you hate it so much?

GreatNews2night said:

Who, me? Why would you think that I support anything in Fox News? I don't even watch it, ever, and wouldn't trust anything that they say. It's not a news channel, it's just a channel that thrives in entertaining - that is, they say exactly what their viewers want to hear, regardless of its anchor in reality.

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What????

You mean that you refuse to metaphorically bow to Roger Ailes and strive to fulfill his every whim? What are you, some kind of apostate???? Do you not yet grasp that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength?

Look, here's a 13-step program for ya. All ya gotta do is restrict all viewing to your television to Fox News and only Fox News. That, and join your local Tea Party affiliate, distance yourself (politely) from all your nonwhite friends, and learn to tolerate - or better yet, enthusiastically join in - group discussions about the dangers of the "browning of America". And it would help if you bought a bright red pickup truck (new or used, doesn't matter) and put a couple of American flags flying from the sides of the truck bed, and have paintings of eagles and American flags all over that truck - and better yet, if you can put a Confederate flag on there, or paintings of guns (and don't forget that there gun rack for your back window!), oh, man, you'll soon find yourself among fast friends!

Mind you, the name of any business you start must begin with "Freedom" or "Liberty" or "American"....

Thrilla said:

why do you watch Fox news if you hate it so much?

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Biff, go wash the car, willya? I guess Marty's sarcasm and facetiousness is beyond you today....

These are the types of stories by which the world judges America:

Right Wing Watch | Right Wing Watch

Many of the ring wing politicians are chronicled here. Comedy gold.
Unfortunately there is no corresponding left wing watch, business opportunity anyone?

Glen Contrarian said:

What????

You mean that you refuse to metaphorically bow to Roger Ailes and strive to fulfill his every whim? What are you, some kind of apostate???? Do you not yet grasp that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength?

Look, here's a 13-step program for ya. All ya gotta do is restrict all viewing to your television to Fox News and only Fox News. That, and join your local Tea Party affiliate, distance yourself (politely) from all your nonwhite friends, and learn to tolerate - or better yet, enthusiastically join in - group discussions about the dangers of the "browning of America". And it would help if you bought a bright red pickup truck (new or used, doesn't matter) and put a couple of American flags flying from the sides of the truck bed, and have paintings of eagles and American flags all over that truck - and better yet, if you can put a Confederate flag on there, or paintings of guns (and don't forget that there gun rack for your back window!), oh, man, you'll soon find yourself among fast friends!

Mind you, the name of any business you start must begin with "Freedom" or "Liberty" or "American"....

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Gulp, I do have the American flag and map as my avatar... is it bad? Am I doomed? :shock:

GreatNews2night said:

Gulp, I do have the American flag and map as my avatar... is it bad? Am I doomed? :shock:

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Doggone it - Thanks to you I had to laugh, and that ruined my entire sarcastic streak. Thanks a lot! :doh

In the history of the world America is an anomaly. America is strange in the eyes of the World. America has stood with the world in two wars sending their young to die in their land. If the a third was to break out today who would send their young to die here?

United Kingdom?

Austraila?

Israel?

Mexico?

Wow can you imagine the mass exodus there?

America in the eyes of the World.

Given the history of the World the day they approve of America is a bad day for everyone.

I'm sure most of those polled only have an impression of what they think the U.S. is...

My wife is Filipino, and the Filipino people love America - but that is only in comparison to the poverty most of them have to live in.

Now that my wife lives here, she can't believe the crap involved with just daily living - and she's terrified that the state will swoop in and snatch our kids b/c we let them play outside by themselves; or b/c she is a Catholic and doesn't want our kids to be exposed to sex education; everything is ridiculously expensive compared to what she is used to - most notably medical care.

Myself, I hate what has become of my country. America is no longer a republic, and there is no Constitution in place to constrain our government. I have a few more years before I am due to retire, we're just hoping America stays together long enough for us to get out before it collapses.

We have every intention of moving to the Philippines and living out our days there - watch America burn from afar, lol...

P.S. Did any of you see that the IMF is planning on making the Yuan a world reserve currency?? How long do you think America will enjoy the standard of living it is accustomed to, when the dollar is no longer the world reserve currency??

How many of you even realize that America's lifestyle is really nothing more than running up debt on posterity's credit card??

The other shoe is going to drop within the next 15 years - America won't be such a Wonderland then

wist43 said:

I'm sure most of those polled only have an impression of what they think the U.S. is...

My wife is Filipino, and the Filipino people love America - but that is only in comparison to the poverty most of them have to live in.

Now that my wife lives here, she can't believe the crap involved with just daily living - and she's terrified that the state will swoop in and snatch our kids b/c we let them play outside by themselves; or b/c she is a Catholic and doesn't want our kids to be exposed to sex education; everything is ridiculously expensive compared to what she is used to - most notably medical care.

Myself, I hate what has become of my country. America is no longer a republic, and there is no Constitution in place to constrain our government. I have a few more years before I am due to retire, we're just hoping America stays together long enough for us to get out before it collapses.

We have every intention of moving to the Philippines and living out our days there - watch America burn from afar, lol...

P.S. Did any of you see that the IMF is planning on making the Yuan a world reserve currency?? How long do you think America will enjoy the standard of living it is accustomed to, when the dollar is no longer the world reserve currency??

How many of you even realize that America's lifestyle is really nothing more than running up debt on posterity's credit card??

The other shoe is going to drop within the next 15 years - America won't be such a Wonderland then

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Hope your retirement plan is better than this...the Philippines looks like a very dirty place to live. I would starve there...could not imagine eating the food. Yikes!! How gross.

Nursmate said:

Hope your retirement plan is better than this...the Philippines looks like a very dirty place to live. I would starve there...could not imagine eating the food. Yikes!! How gross.

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lol...

Whenever I'm there, I stick to Pizza Hut, TGIFridays, McDonalds, and Starbucks

Depends on where you live... my wife lives in the southern islands - rarely gets hit by typhoons. The typhoons tend to track up toward Manilla.

I love the Philippines - the people are wonderful. They have their share of problems, that's for sure, but if you have a steady income in retirement, you can live comfortably. Never had a bad trip there... the people are humble and polite - unlike the U.S. where everyone is a self-absorbed two-face OD'ing on prozac and self esteem.

My wife's sister is a very talented singer, and she is currently singing on the Casino tours throughout Asia; her other sister lives in Sweden - but the reports from there are not good. No work, everything is terribly expensive - socialism at its finest

Her sister in Sweden actually sends us money to shop for clothes for them - even after the $80 some dollars of shipping costs, it is still cheaper than if they bought clothes there!!! Unbelievable.

Nursmate said:

Hope your retirement plan is better than this...the Philippines looks like a very dirty place to live. I would starve there...could not imagine eating the food. Yikes!! How gross.

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Yet if you were to go there and really get to know the people, you'd find out that while the streets are often dirty - and I wouldn't get caught dead in the Pasig river (that's the one in the photograph) - they are very clean people when it comes to their bodies - MUCH cleaner than your normal American. I've yet to smell anyone's body odor there, even with all that heat. They come here to America and are surprised - and a little bothered - by the fact that there's a lot of Americans who don't take a bath twice a day, or even once a day.

When it comes to their culture, it's very much like what our Southern culture tries to be: respect for the elderly, politeness and courtesy to everyone, being able to stand on one's own...and, for those Southerners who might read this, on the streets there you can find boiled peanuts for sale. Chitlins too. And catfish, and okra, and a bunch of the other veggies we used to grow in our garden in the MS Delta. They even have 'ipil' trees...which are exactly the same as the mimosa trees we had in the Delta. Then there was the time I saw an issue of "Southern Living" in a furniture store in Manila. Next to it was an issue titled, "Northern Living". Come to find out that they referred to the northern and southern sections of Manila which all by itself has more people than MS, LA, and AL all put together.

And mustard greens...oh, man, I did shed a few tears the first time my Darling made me mustard greens sauteed with bacon and onions there. I really did.

wist43 said:

lol...

Whenever I'm there, I stick to Pizza Hut, TGIFridays, McDonalds, and Starbucks

Depends on where you live... my wife lives in the southern islands - rarely gets hit by typhoons. The typhoons tend to track up toward Manilla.

I love the Philippines - the people are wonderful. They have their share of problems, that's for sure, but if you have a steady income in retirement, you can live comfortably. Never had a bad trip there... the people are humble and polite - unlike the U.S. where everyone is a self-absorbed two-face OD'ing on prozac and self esteem.

My wife's sister is a very talented singer, and she is currently singing on the Casino tours throughout Asia; her other sister lives in Sweden - but the reports from there are not good. No work, everything is terribly expensive - socialism at its finest

Her sister in Sweden actually sends us money to shop for clothes for them - even after the $80 some dollars of shipping costs, it is still cheaper than if they bought clothes there!!! Unbelievable.

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My wife and I have a house in Quezon City. Our oldest son graduated college there, and our youngest graduated high school there...and I'm so glad they did, because they learned life lessons there that they never would have learned here stateside.

Ih2puo said:

In the history of the world America is an anomaly. America is strange in the eyes of the World. America has stood with the world in two wars sending their young to die in their land. If the a third was to break out today who would send their young to die here?

United Kingdom?

Austraila?

Israel?

Mexico?

Wow can you imagine the mass exodus there?

America in the eyes of the World.

Given the history of the World the day they approve of America is a bad day for everyone.

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Um, we did help in WWI, but by the time we really got there in enough numbers to make a difference, the end was almost a foregone conclusion. We were simply among the last several nails in the coffin. What did make a difference, however, was our manufacturing and our financial assistance.

In WWII, the one that really made the difference was not America...but the Soviet Union. By the time we invaded Normandy, they'd already pushed the Wehrmacht back inside Poland. Yes, we did help a lot...but the only real difference the Normandy invasion made was to shorten the war and prevent the USSR from taking all of Germany and continuing over into France.

Yeah, I realize that all probably ticks you off just to read it...but that's the truth. In order to win WWII, what the Soviets did to the Wehrmacht - and how incredibly much they sacrificed in the process - made a heck of a lot more of a difference than anything we did.

GreatNews2night said:

Very interesting research by the Pew center on how other countries see the United States.

1. America

Some of the results are kind of surprising. For example, Brazil sees the US very favorably (I wouldn't have expected it given how its government is pro-Venezuela and pro-Cuba - but then, it's a very unpopular government, presently). A whooping 73% of Brazilians see us favorably against 23% who see us unfavorably. The Argentines on the other hand are divided about us: 43% vs. 43%. Even the Venezuelans like us more than they dislike us (51% vs. 41%). Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans and Canadians like us too.

The stereotype that the French don't like us turns out to be entirely false: they also have positive feelings about us at the same 73% rate of Brazil, although the negative views increase a bit to 27%. They actually like us more than the Brits do (65%). Hehe, I wonder what the latest NSA scandal will do to these numbers. They did decrease in Germany after the Angela Merkel phone tapping scandal, and now it's been discovered that we did the same to three French presidents.

The Italians are the Europeans most crazy about us with a huge approval rate of 83% with only 14% of disapproval. So much for all the people who thought that the Amanda Knox case had to do with anti-American sentiment.

Unsurprisingly the Russians really hate us, with only 15% favorable to us and a huge 81% against us (Putin's propaganda has been achieving its goals). The Pakistanis dislike us too, and so do the Chinese.

A very strange number - Vietnam, the country we fought a war against, supports us at 78% versus only 13% against us. The same happens among the Japanese with 68% (less surprising given all the rebuilt ties between the two countries after WWII while the Vietnam war is more recent).

The Africans are all crazy about us. We are really loved by the Philippine.

Again unsurprisingly the Israeli love us (81% favorable) while the Palestinians hate us (only 26% favorable).

Globally, the idea that the whole world hates us is also debunked: we get an average of 69% of worldwide approval versus 24% of disapproval. Neat!

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A greater question is why do we or should we care?

Some other interesting statistics from the survey:

Countries most supportive of U.S. intervention to stop ISIS:
1. 84% Israel
2. 81% France
3. 80% United States
4. 78% Lebanon
5. 78%

Countries with largest opposition to military action against ISIS (percentage is opposition):
1. 67% Russia
2. 62% Argentina
3. 51% Venezuela
4. 49% Mexico
5. 47% Peru

Countries most supportive of US post-9/11 interrogation methods:
1. 68% Uganda
2. 58% Tanzania
3. 58% United States
4. 57% Kenya
5. 57% India

Countries most opposed to US post-9/11 interrogation methods:
1. 76% Venezuela
2. 75% Argentina
3. 69% Palestine
4. 68% Germany
5. 67% Spain

Countries with highest percentage believing U.S. respects personal freedoms:
1. 89% Philippines
2. 83% South Korea
3. 81% Ethiopia
4. 81% Lebanon
5. 79% Israel
6. 79% Ghana

Countries with highest percentage believing U.S. does not respect personal freedoms:
1. 53% Germany
2. 47% United States (compared to 51% in favor)
3. 47% France (compared to 52% in favor)
4. 46% Spain (compared to 50% in favor)
5. 44% Argentina (compared to 41% in favor)

Highest confidence in Obama in world affairs:
1. 94% Philippines
2. 88% South Korea
3. 83% France
4. 82% Ghana
5. 81% Australia

Lowest confidence in Obama in world affairs (percentage unconfident):
1. 86% Russia
2. 83% Jordan
3. 82% Palestine
4. 68% Venezuela
5. 64% Lebanon

Highest approval of Obama on climate change:
1. 62% Nigeria
2. 57% South Korea
3. 56% Japan
4. 53% Indonesia
5. 53% Kenya

Lowest approval of Obama on climate change (percentage is approval rating)
1. 12% Russia
2. 26% Pakistan
3. 32% United Kingdom
4. 37% Spain
5. 40% Germany

Highest percentage believing that the U.S. is the world's leading economic power:
1. 68% Senegal
2. 66% India
3. 66% Philippines
4. 64% Kenya
5. 63% Tanzania
5. 63% Israel

Highest percentage believing China is the world's leading economic power:
1. 57% Australia
2. 49% France
3. 47% Jordan
4. 46% Canada
5. 44% Lebanon

Highest percentage believing China will or already has replaced U.S. as global superpower:
1. 67% China
2. 66% Australia
3. 66% France
4. 60% Spain
5. 59% United Kingdom
6. 59% Germany

Highest percentage believing China will not replace U.S. as global superpower:
1. 77% Japan
2. 67% Vietnam
3. 65% Philippines
4. 56% Brazil
5. 48% United States

Highest approval of China:
1. 82% Pakistan
2. 80% Ghana
3. 79% Russia
4. 78% Malaysia
5. 75% Ethiopia
6. 75% Burkina Faso

Highest disapproval of China:
1. 89% Japan
2. 74% Vietnam
3. 64% Jordan
4. 60% Germany
5. 59% Turkey

Highest disapproval of China's human rights record:
1. 93% Japan
2. 93% France
3. 92% Germany
4. 88% Spain
5. 86% Canada

Highest approval of China's human rights record:
1. 69% Ghana
2. 67% Lebanon
3. 66% Palestine
4. 66% Kenya
5. 65% Pakistan

Highest support for TPP:
1. 89% Vietnam
2. 70% Peru
3. 67% Chile
4. 61% Mexico
5. 53% Japan

Highest opposition to TPP:
1. 31% Canada
2. 30% Australia
3. 29% United States
4. 24% Japan
5. 23% Mexico

What's with the anti-American attitude in Argentina?

Most places I've traveled in the past 10-15 years like Americans. What they wisely and perceptively dislike is our government and our military, not every day Americans.

Still, I've encountered some countries where it's better to whip out my Canadian passport rather than reveal my American origins. And I've certainly seen some loudmouth manifest destiny morons from the U.S. who make us all look bad, but usually there are other Americans around to put them in their place.

Glen Contrarian said:

My wife and I have a house in Quezon City. Our oldest son graduated college there, and our youngest graduated high school there...and I'm so glad they did, because they learned life lessons there that they never would have learned here stateside.

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What did they learn in the Philippines? How to be corrupt and take bribes? Because thats what the politicians over there seem to be doing all the time. Its a great country to retire for Westerners since the cost of living is so low and everything is in English but their government is run like hell.