Alliance of Democracies

if we had some kind of democratic alignment.

Now, in terms of China, this is fascinating to me because I first started noticing a couple of years ago that data from the Alliance of Democracies, the Democracy Perception Index, which is, by the way, a Western NGO.

Actually, I think that one of the board members is like a former NATO boss.

So, I mean, this is very much like in the liberal Western camp.

Global public opinion of Israel has shifted dramatically in the past few years as independent reporting on social media has shown the world the truth about Israel's brutal attacks on Gaza and on many neighboring countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and of course, Iran.

To get an understanding of just how unpopular Israel has become, let's briefly look at a study that was published by a group called the Alliance of Democracies.

This is a Western organization that is funded by the European Union.

This year, the organization surveyed tens of thousands of people in eighty-five countries around the world, and they found that Israel is the least popular country on Earth.

And it reminds me of the, you know, the, the re- the criticism of the Vie- the war with Vietnam, which is, "Oh, it was like, uh, we didn't execute it well," not that we had absolutely no place to be there in the first place.

Um, and you know, it's interesting because speaking of, like, drawing down, uh, US military presence and, and the bases ar- bases around the world, um, the Democracy Perception Index by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation found in their 2026 report that, quote, "The vast majority of people around the world are opposed to the United States', um, uh, military bases in their country.

In 86 out of 97 countries, most people, uh, say no to US bases.

Uh, more people say no to US bases than yes.