Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll

Apr 20, 2008

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Shibley Telhami spoke about an annual Arab public opinion poll. The survey was conducted in five countries and examined issues such as the Middle East Peace Process, Iran and Iraq. He also spoke about current events in the Middle East. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
Shibley Telhami spoke about an annual Arab public opinion poll. The survey was conducted in five countries and examined issues such as the Middle East Peace Process, Iran and Iraq. He also spoke about current events in the Middle East. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES.
00:00:13 HOST 12 WELCOME BACK OUR GUEST TO AS THE CHAIR AT THE ON MARS ABOUT CENTER FOR PEACE AT THE UNIVERSITY...
00:00:22 GUEST MY PLEASURE.
00:00:25 HOST A NEW SURVEY WITH A LOOK AT HOW ALL MIDEAST NATIONS VIEW THE U.S. AND THE WAR IN IRAQ AND OF THESE...
00:00:45 GUEST YES, THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND SINCE THE IRAQ WAR IN 2003. BUT THIS YEAR IS WORSE THAN LAST YEAR. YOU...
00:02:17 HOST WITH REGARD TO IRAN, THIS STATISTIC FROM YOUR SURVEY. IN 2006, 61% THOUGHT THAT -- 51% THOUGHT THAT...
00:02:33 GUEST THAT IS INTERESTING, THE REPORT HAD AN IMPACT. CLEARLY, IT DID NOT CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDES ANYWAY....
00:03:13 HOST EXPLAIN THE SURVEY -- WHEN ASKED IN A WORLD WHERE THERE'S ONLY ONE SUPERPOWER, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING...
00:03:32 GUEST THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR THE PAST YEAR. PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN MIND THE FRENCH RATE BETWEEN A POWER PITCHER...
00:04:50 HOST I WAS GRAVITATING TOWARDS PAKISTAN BUT I REALIZE THAT IS 2006. THERE'S ONLY 6% IN 2008.
00:05:01 GUEST I GAVE THEM THOSE SEVEN COUNTRIES, TO BE FAIR. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE OPEN WHERE THEY COULD NAME...
00:05:17 HOST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW POLL AMONGST THESE ARAB NATIONS. THIS IS OUR GUEST FROM THE UNIVERSITY...
00:06:06 GUEST LIST WITH THE OBJECTIVE REALITY ASIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THE PUBLIC PERCEIVES IT OUTSIDE IRAQ, IF...
00:06:33 HOST DOWN 5% FROM TWO YEARS AGO?
00:06:37 GUEST YES IF YOU LOOK FIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE BETTER OFF OVERALL. THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE....
00:08:22 HOST LET ME ASK YOU ONE OF THE GREAT WHAT IF SOME OF THE CENTURY -- IF WE HAD NOT INVADED IRAQ AND HAD...
00:08:40 GUEST IT IS A FALSE CHOICE. THE TOYS AFTER 9/114 WE HAD THIS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN AMERICA AND WERE SEEN TO...
00:11:25 HOST OUR GUEST IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS NEW POLL THROUGH SIX ARAB COUNTRIES....
00:12:34 Unidentified Speaker BEENANYBODY WHO THINKS THAT IS DILUTED THEMSELVES ON THIS ISSUE. THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THERE...
00:15:12 HOST THE CALLER WHO CALLS IN REGULATE IS CONCERNED ABOUT A PENDING WAR WITH IRAN. HOW LIKELY IS THAT?
00:15:25 Unidentified Speaker IT IS VERY UNLIKELY. WE A NOT READY FOR WAR. THERE IS NO -- WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TROOPS. IF I AM...
00:17:14 HOST JOHNSTON RHODE ISLAND IS OUR NEXT CALLER. CALLER: I RECALL A VERY IMPORTANT SHIFT IN DOCTRINE. THE...
00:18:09 GUEST THE IRAQ OR HAS CHANGED A LOT IN TERMS OF PERCEPTION OF THE U.S.. IF YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE 1990'S,...
00:21:20 GUEST I AM NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. BUT I THINK WHAT THE CALLER WAS WAS TALKING ABOUT IS ATTEMPTING...
00:23:30 HOST SAYING THIS IS HIS MOST DAMAGING EXCURSION YET. ALSO HE POINTS OUT THAT THE ARAB WORLD HAS BEEN PRAISING...
00:23:44 GUEST THE ISRAELIS RECEIVED HIM NOT AS GOOD AS THEY COULD HAVE. THE GOVERNMENT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HIM....
00:27:02 HOST NEXT CALL ON THE REPUBLICAN FROM ILLINOIS. LET'S GO TO THE DUBAI. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION...
00:29:02 HOST HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? CALLER: FIVE YEARS.
00:29:11 GUEST LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY AND FUNDING. THIS IS ENTIRELY ACADEMIC. A LOT OF THE QUESTION...
00:32:50 HOST A COUPLE OF FEMALES. WOULD ARABS RISE UP AGAINST AMERICA IF WE RISE UP AGAINST PAKISTAN AND EITHER...
00:33:13 GUEST I USE PUBLIC OPINION. IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD. I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO OSAMA BIN LADEN, HE DOES HAVE...
00:35:14 HOST ALBANY, NEW YORK, YOU ARE NEXT. CALLER: I HAVE TO ISSUE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU. I...
00:35:55 GUEST OBVIOUSLY IT IS A GENDER ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WOMEN HAVE AN INFERIOR STATUS IN MANY COUNTRIES....
00:38:26 GUEST YOU CAN FIND PSYCHOS PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF RELIGION, THINK THE RALLY BEHIND RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE...
00:39:55 HOST THIS IS AN IN-DEPTH SURVEY -- IF YOU WERE TO GIVE THIS SURVEY IT ONE SECOND HEADLINE WOULD IT SAY?...
00:40:07 GUEST THE PRISON THROUGH WHICH THE LOOK AT TODAY REMAINS THE ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT WITH AMERICA. THAT FRAMES...
00:40:55 HOST BRONX, N.Y., LAST CALL. CALLER: DIDN'T THE ISRAELIS HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY SIGNED WITH THE PALESTINIANS...
00:41:17 GUEST IT IS FAR MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. THE POLICY HAS SUFFERED A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT IS...
00:43:22 HOST WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WEEK-LONG...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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