Europeans were asked if the following countries presented a threat to peace in the world and .. Israel and the US rank as high, even higher, than Iran and North Korea.
Israel | United States North Korea Iran |
Afghanistan | Pakistan | Syria Libya Arabia |
China | India Russia |
Somalia | EU |
59% | 53% | 50% | 48% | 36% | 30% | 21% | 16% | 8% |
Denmark is the only country where a majority of respondents (57%) believe that military intervention in Iraq was justified. EU countries as a whole believe that the war was not justified (68%). Read some reaction from the Jewish press, the Arab press, and an analysis from the World Socialist Web Site.