Poll: Asia's View

Over in Asia, Gallup surveyed opinion of American leadership in eight countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan:

Across these countries, approval rates are the highest in Singapore (68%), the Philippines (58%), and Afghanistan (50%) and lowest in Pakistan (13%) and Vietnam (16%), though Vietnam also has the highest rate of not don't know/refused responses (62%). Pakistan (47%) and Afghanistan (42%) have the highest disapproval rates, though approval in both of these countries is statistically steady compared with the 2008 rates.