Washington, April 22 :    Washington, April 22:  'Yankee go back, but please take me with you!' This popular joke about protest chants by anti-American demonstrators in Third World countries has been reinforced by a new opinion poll in five Arab countries, three non-Arab Muslim countries as well as France and Venezuela. America may be widely perceived to be at war with Islam because of its current campaign against terrorism and its support for Israel, but the vast majority of those surveyed in the Islamic world have overwhelming admiration for American movies and television. The most surprising support for US entertainment industry comes from Iran, where America has been condemned as 'The Great Satan' since the Islamic revolution nearly a quarter century ago. A whopping 75 per cent of Iranians polled said they enjoyed American movies and television. In Pakistan, the respective figure was 62 per cent and in Indonesia 77 per cent. Even in Saudi Arabia, where there are no cinemas, US film productions received a favourable vote of 54 per cent while both in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, the figure was 64 per cent. Predictably, in France, which prides itself as the bulwark against the McDonald's culture, American movies and television got a favourable rating of only 47 per cent. Except in Iran and France, American education received high marks among those polled. In Iran, where the post-Khomeini generation has had no exposure to US academia, only 20 per cent favoured American education. In France, the comparative figure was 27 per cent. Again, in Iran, which has no trade with the US, 84 per cent of respondents favoured American goods to anything else. This is probably because Iranians have been used to American products during the decades of Pahlavi rule, when the US was the closest ally of the Shah. In Pakistan, 75 per cent of those polled wanted Americans goods, in Lebanon 72 per cent and in Indonesia 71 per cent. The highest rating of 89 per cent for US goods came from America's continental neighbour, Venezuela. US products enjoyed much less support in Saudi Arabia (53 per cent) and in Kuwait (57 per cent), countries where European goods have traditionally had an advantage. In France, once again, a bare majority of 51 per cent wanted American goods. Views are, however, not so unanimous when it comes to politics. In Iran, an overwhelming majority of 92 per cent of respondents said they viewed American versions of freedom and democracy unfavourably while in Indonesia, 53 per cent of those polled had similar views. The picture was, however, vastly different in other Muslim countries. In Saudi Arabia, which has none of the trappings of democracy or free speech, 52 per cent of respondents extolled the virtues of US democracy and freedom, while in Kuwait, the only Gulf state with an elected parliament, the figure was 58 per cent. In Pakistan, France and Venezuela, 71 per cent of those polled had a good opinion of the American people while a negative opinion fluctuated from 41 per cent in Indonesia to 48 per cent in Iran. The most unfavourable rating of 51 per cent for the American people came from Saudi Arabia, Washington's close ally and home to a big US military base. Of course, negative ratings of US policy towards Arabs and Palestinians were pervasive - upwards of 72 per cent - in all the Muslim states surveyed. In Pakistan, 72 per cent of respondents concurred with this view. An incredible 88 per cent was the return from Kuwait, which the US helped liberate from Iraqi occupation in 1991. Kuwait also harboured a deep dislike of Palestinians for their support for the Iraqi occupation.