Do you trust America to act responsibly in the world?

Question

Our local Social Weather Stations conducted the survey on behalf of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and World Public Opinion on national attitudes towards the United States. The Philippines answered positively with an overwhelming 85% of Filipinos trusts America. Yappers do you trust America?

Answer 1

Personally, I am not to give out my fate to the Americans. But considering what the Philippines is going thru now, we dont have any other option but to surrender and submit ourselves to the Americans. Our president herself doesn't have any guts to stand up for her own country...what more those that doesn't hold much power that she has.

Answer 2

I have faith in the American people.  It is the American politicians I don't trust.

As a nation, the United States of America had always been the world's hero since they won the second world war.  They single handedly bore on their shoulder the world's economic woes after the devastation wrought on a global scale by the conflict.  The American dollar replaced the gold standard, and acting as a world's reserve currency, in fact placed the burden on their own society for many years, of rebuilding the economies of the modern world.  It was only when France blew the whistle and demanded back their gold reserve that America was freed from the burden, and the world now is placed on fluctuating money rates.

The moral fibre of the American people is the standard that has borne the test of time, and it is this moral strength from where the rest of the world draws upon from time to time.

However,  Philippine history has shown that dealing with American politicians on the basis of trust alone, could leave us out in the cold: e.g.,  Aguinaldo trusting them to honor our independence.  As Oliver Cromwell says,  "Put your faith in God, and keep your powder dry."

Answer 3

I've been living in the USA all my life and these past few years things have been going downhill in this country, as a Filipino-American i wouldn't trust the US for anything nowadays because before they change or meddle w/the world's problems they need to first fix our country's dilemma...

FYI-I'm gonna vote this coming November 2008 election, to see if any of the mistakes that were made could get corrected if it's not too late yet!  Then we'll see if they can do some changes around the world???

My bf (who's white/native american) even wants to leave this country coz of all the bullsh*t, he told me let's go to the Philippines instead and live for it'll be much better than the USA

Answer 4

I don't always.. but Philippines rely on them.  

Answer 5

OKAY PEOPLE...the United States is just only four to six percent of the worlds population that is actually not very much.so why the other 94 or 96 percent of the population don't step in and try to help others when they are in need or when some country is getting taking over by another country .or a natural disaster. why everyone just let the U.S handle it.and then talk bad after wards.and the question is ...do you trust America to act responsibly in the world? my answer is h**l yea! i don't see anyone else standing up. i think they have already proved responsibility in the world . how can you say different?

Answer 6

not really.  i believe they had a hand on the aborted grp-milf moa.  in their attempt to win over the muslim community in southern philippines from the influences of al-qaeda, they wittingly or unwittingly encourage the president  to enter into a peace agreement which is violative of the philippine constitution.  

what was the united states ambassador to the philippines(kristie a kenny) doing in kuala lumpur during the supposed moa signing?  

Answer 7

Americans don't even trust their own government, how could we?

Answer 8

"The big powers are going down," "They have come to the end of their power, and the world is on the verge of entering a new, promising era."

The more than 100-member NAM is made up of such diverse members as communist Cuba, Jamaica and India and depicts itself as bloc-free. But most members share a critical view of the U.S and the developed world in general.

The rich and powerful countries continue to exercise an inordinate influence in determining the nature and direction of international relations, including economic and trade relations, as well as rules governing these relations, many of which are at the expense of developing countries,"

They use and threat of use of force, and pressure and coercive measures as a means to achieving their national policy objectives,"

The great powers "fomenting discord .... to intensify the military and arms race" so they can feed their arms industries. AIDS also was the result of world conditions "imposed by big powers."

Accusing the U.N. Security Council of being a tool of the world's haves -- which use them against the have-nots -- he said it was useless to expect that body to be the solution to the world's ills.

"If the United Nations and the Security Council ... were supposed to deal with the problems of the world ... we would not have a problem called Palestine," he declared, in indirect criticism of the creation of the Jewish state 60 years ago

Filipinos are uneducated about the topic. Filipinos only trusts american brands.

Answer 9

As long as this gouvernment has the power: no. If the next gouvernment goes on in the same or similar way - no.

I live in a tourist area in Southeast Asia. And that´s a common opinion. Americas reputation went down a lot. But this has nothing to do with Americans themself. Only their gouvernment

Answer 10

uhuhuhuh,I'm an american and I don't,think about that!

Answer 11

They've been doing it for so many years already. Besides do you trust anyone else to do it? What the Philippines?? LOL!!! Like someone wrote earlier "Filipinos don't have the knowledge of what's going on they just like American brand" . After all that stuff  that happened in the past. It's because of the US is why that stuff is being controlled rather than chaos at the moment. I have full faith in the US, the place that provides opportunity.