Poll numbers confirm it. Americans don't like the French

Duh. Though it's nice to get some confirmation on what was merely speculation and personal bias before. ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -[off the wire, no link]- Every year at this time Harris Interactive(R) asks a nationwide cross section of U.S. adults how they feel about a list of countries with a scale varying from "close ally" at one end to "unfriendly and is an enemy" at the other. In this year's survey, Great Britain, Canada and Australia continue to lead the list as the countries perceived to be our closest allies, followed by Israel and Japan. These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 1,217 adults surveyed by telephone by Harris Interactive between August 9 and 16, 2005. Great Britain still holds a very special place among U.S. adults as almost three-quarters (74%) think of them as a close ally. Canada (48%), Australia (44%) and Israel (41%) receive high marks but they are quite distant from those received by Great Britain[...] Other interesting findings include: Germany and France, countries that for many years had been among the United States' closest allies have now slipped in the eyes of U.S. adults. France, the country which was most outspoken in its opposition to the Iraq war, slipped from eighth place in 2002 to 17th place last year and has improved slightly to 16th place this year. Fully 41 percent of U.S. adults think of France as less than friendly. Germany, which was almost as strong in its criticism of the United States and the war in Iraq, fell from sixth in 2002 but has returned to a more respectable 10th place this year though a quarter (24%) of U.S. adults still think of it as less than friendly[...] 9/14/2005 10:32:15 AM Rank Now Nation Close Ally Friendly, Not Close Ally Not Friendly, Not Enemy Unfriendly, Enemy 1 Great Britain 74 18 3 1 2 Canada 48 37 10 2 3 Australia 44 36 9 0 4 Israel 41 31 13 6 5 Japan 30 37 22 5 6 Mexico 27 47 16 4 7 Italy 26 43 17 4 8 South Korea 25 31 20 14 9 Germany 24 46 22 2 10 Sweden 23 44 15 2 11 Spain 22 43 19 1 12 Holland 21 41 13 2 13 Taiwan 21 38 22 3 14 India 20 42 20 3 15 Norway 18 41 17 3 16 France 17 38 31 10 17 Greece 16 44 17 2 18 Brazil 14 38 22 3 19 Russia 11 45 28 8 20 South Africa 11 42 24 6 21 Chile 11 35 19 4 22 Colombia 10 33 30 11 23 Argentina 10 38 23 2 24 Pakistan 9 24 35 18 25 China 5 36 38 15 Not a bad list. I personally move the French down a little further maybe, but not bad. They didn't throw them any really interesting ones other than Pakistan though. Iraq? Iran? Afghanistan? Syria? Saudi Arabia? Where do you think the national consensus on those?