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“Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”

The US topped the list, with 24 percent of people believing America to be the biggest danger to peace. Pakistan came second, with 8 percent of the vote and was closely followed by China with 6 percent. Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and North Korea came in joint fourth place with 5 percent of the vote.

I thought the big O was gonna straighten that **** out.

It takes a long long time for people to forget the fck ups of W. We will be paying the costs of that presidency for decades, literally and figuratively.

This president should have thought about that before fu*cking over our allies and siding with radicals regimes.

(01-02-2014 10:40 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It takes a long long time for people to forget the fck ups of W. We will be paying the costs of that presidency for decades, literally and figuratively.

And O's saber rattling isn't helping.

Yeah, I think that number has gone up since Obama. Seems the only thing not going to change for decades, literally and figuratively, is blaming Bush.

People will be blaming Bush for the next 20 years.



PAUL. I think the SOONERS are going to do it!!! Another Ohio coach getting it done, Where would college football be without Ohio?

I do wonder if it has went up? probably more on Snowden than Obama though.

(01-03-2014 12:08 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  People will be blaming Bush for the next 20 years.



PAUL. I think the SOONERS are going to do it!!! Another Ohio coach getting it done, Where would college football be without Ohio?

We will blame Zero for the next 100 years.

(01-02-2014 08:29 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  RT story link

“Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”

The US topped the list, with 24 percent of people believing America to be the biggest danger to peace. Pakistan came second, with 8 percent of the vote and was closely followed by China with 6 percent. Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and North Korea came in joint fourth place with 5 percent of the vote.

Most of those voting for the US would be the first on the phone asking for help if something went wrong. Just sayin'.

(01-02-2014 10:40 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It takes a long long time for people to forget the fck ups of W. We will be paying the costs of that presidency for decades, literally and figuratively.

still blaming Bush! That is just too funny.

(01-03-2014 07:38 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(01-02-2014 10:40 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It takes a long long time for people to forget the fck ups of W. We will be paying the costs of that presidency for decades, literally and figuratively.

still blaming Bush! That is just too funny.

Yeah, the rest of the world is over Bush. Time for some in the US to move on as well.

I think the specific focus on "world" peace and nation-states leaves a LOT of violence out of the equation in this poll. Radical, violent groups like Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Abu Sayyaf and their various off-shoots aren't 'countries' and are therefore excluded from consideration. i.e., the recent bomb attacks in Russia are certainly a threat to peace, especially with the Olympics around the corner. And such civil violence in Syria, Mali, Sudan, and so on, are viewed as more local matters (despite the fact that they often spill over borders).

Still, it's why Ron Paul got so much love from overseas observers.

Yet, needless to say...

Quote:In the survey participants were also asked: “If there were no barriers to living in any country of the world, which country would you like to live in?” Despite being the perceived largest threat to world peace, the US still topped the tables by a narrow margin of 9 percent.

I am a bit amused by the inclusion of "by a narrow margin" into the article, which is probably bias-driven. No numbers to reference, no trend data from the last poll to put context around it.

(01-02-2014 10:40 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It takes a long long time for people to forget the fck ups of W. We will be paying the costs of that presidency for decades, literally and figuratively.

OH NO YOU DI'INT

Yeah, you generally get about a 1-2 year grace cushion where you could blame some things on the former president. Basically after Year 2, you own it.

(01-03-2014 11:29 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  Yeah, you generally get about a 1-2 year grace cushion where you could blame some things on the former president. Basically after Year 2, you own it.

He's had 5 years to fix it and hasn't done a damn thing but make it worse. It's definitely time for them to own their own boondoggle.

You guys were still bitching about Jimmy Carter 20 years later. We still have PLENTY of tread on that tire!!!!!!!!!!

We didn't pin Iran-Contra on him.

The USA should accomodate that poll and cut off all aid to nearly every country except Canada, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Israel, Australia, and the European Union. Since they hate America anyway, let's give them a REASON to hate us.

"Hey, you don't like us? Fine. Handle your next war or natural disaster on your own. Mess with us or any of our US firms overseas or our citizens and we'll turn your country into a parking lot. Don't like our attitude? Tough cookies, b1tch; come kick our war loving @ss."

(01-03-2014 09:51 PM)boss man Wrote:  The USA should accomodate that poll and cut off all aid to nearly every country except Canada, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Israel, Australia, and the European Union. Since they hate America anyway, let's give them a REASON to hate us.

"Hey, you don't like us? Fine. Handle your next war or natural disaster on your own. Mess with us or any of our US firms overseas or our citizens and we'll turn your country into a parking lot. Don't like our attitude? Tough cookies, b1tch; come kick our war loving @ss."

That's what I alluded to in my previous post. All those haters would line up for some defense if the proverbial crap ever hit the fan in their own neighborhood. They'd be like, and others would be like, "Why isn't the US doing more to help!", etc. Hypocrites.