CBS News reports that according to a new international poll, the U.S.’s image is so low that citizens in many countries view the communist dictatorship in China even more favorably than the U.S.:

The United States’ image is so tattered overseas two years after the Iraq invasion that China, which is ruled by a communist dictatorship, is viewed more favorably than the U.S. in many countries, an international poll found.

Eleven of the 16 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center — Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan and Indonesia — had a more favorable view of China than the U.S. India and Poland were more upbeat about the U.S., while Canadians are as likely to see China favorably as they were the United States. . . .

“The Iraq war has left an enduring impression on the minds of people around the world in ways that make them very suspicious of U.S. intentions and makes the effort to win hearts and minds far more difficult,” said Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. . . . People in most countries were more inclined to say the war in Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place.

What’s that again about Bush being a uniter, not a divider?