I don’t think I need to comment on this:
The Pakistan exception is not an anomaly, as most Pakistanis consider the U.S. an enemy. Drone strikes, the raid on Osama bin Laden and support for Afghanistan have their costs.
President Obama is not as popular abroad as once he was, but ratings of the U.S. are generally up in Europe (except Germany) and Japan since the Bush administration, but not in the Middle East:
Of course if you believe American influence results primarily from military power, none of this matters. But where is the evidence of that? Certainly not in Pakistan.
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