Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Among Western countries, people's favorable impressions of the US have dropped dramatically since 1999/2000, averaging around 63% then, and dropping to 50% now. That's a dramatic drop in eight years. Among countries in the poll traditionally considered our allies in the last 40 years (Canada, Britain, Germany), it went from 77.3% to 51.7%.

I'd like to see something that went back further than 1999. I swear I heard something that our international image has been declining (maybe not rapidly, but still declining) since the late 60s.