How do "others" view us?

http://wwyw.economist.com/node/16990682

This article is a British commentary on the American reaction to 9/11. He basically said that Obama hasn't done anything he has promised to do, and have disappointed Muslims in the Middle East. "Like Americans waiting for economic recovery, Muslim countries have been waiting for Mr Obama to match his words with deeds, and have so far been disappointed." -The Economist. He also thinks that Americans are racist against the Muslim race because they are so afraid of Al Queda. Even though Obama has withdrawn troops from Iraq, he put more into Afghanistan, which upsets the Muslims even more.
One commenter wrote that Americans were practical people which seeked practical results and that Obama in many ways is much better than Bush. Another stated, "I would like to know why it is always the United States' job to smooth the waters of the world, quell uprisings, defeat terrorism. And why are we always blamed for so much?" The last commenter wrote that Obama was a clown and didn't have as much education in economics as Kerry and Bush and was failing at governing a country, because he was an alien to it all.