xchrom (98,179 posts)
Biggest Threat to World Peace: The United States
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/31-6
U.S. soldiers stop traffic on the road to the governor's compound in Kandahar, scene of a deadly battle on April 28, 2012 (Photo: AFP / Getty Images)
Over 12 years into the so-called "Global War on Terror," the United States appears to be striking terror into the hearts of the rest of the world.
In their annual End of Year survey, Win/Gallup International found that the United States is considered the number one "greatest threat to peace in the world today" by people across the globe.
The poll of 67,806 respondents from 65 countries found that the U.S. won this dubious distinction by a landslide, as revealed in the chart below.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024259730Most of the DU "patriots" agree wholeheartedly:
Scuba (33,317 posts)
1. No brainer.
Coyotl (9,699 posts)
9. Ding, ding, we have a winner!
Savannahmann (2,128 posts)
2. It would be difficult to agree more
I could try, but the depression would probably be fatal.
bemildred (71,392 posts)
4. Totally and obviously.
If all those guns were going to bring peace, it seems it should have worked by now.
Not stopping for a moment to consider what kind of peace would exist exist without all those U.S. guns.
RC (24,555 posts)
33. I tend to agree.
It is that promise of eternal life, if you die killing people for your country, in their country.
Umm, that would be the Islamofascists and their "martyrs". Not Americans, DUmbass.
woo me with science (23,717 posts)
5. Well, a list we're at the top of.
lastlib (5,104 posts)
26. Amurika--Number 1!!
RandiFan1290 (2,294 posts)
7. Christian terrorist gangsters. nt
L0oniX (21,222 posts)
63. We are the terrorist of the world. (Sung to the tune "We are the Champions" - Queen)
...and we'll be the terrorists to the end... (chorus) we are the terrorist ...we are the terrorist
Not everyone agrees - Rethuglican moles, obviously:
7962 (1,153 posts)
18. Until there's a disaster. Then our phone starts ringing off the hook.
We top the list any time this is done. The fact that Japan is above Russia says a lot. India?
Although in a way, I wish the US WOULD pull out of everything. Then we'd see how "peaceful" the world could be without us.
And in no way do I say all of our actions are correct or justified. Iraq alone ruined what reputation we had with much of the world[/b]
treestar (47,129 posts)
25. +1
Holy shit. What would happen if we did nothing? We'd get the blame for everything that happened.
treestar (47,129 posts)
23. Ridiculous
No the biggest threat is Al Qaeda, Chechen separatists, various groups in Africa, dictators like Assad.
Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch. This stuff is tiresome.
DCBob (16,041 posts)
41. America cant win.. if we do too much we get bashed..if we do too little we also get bashed.
For sure we have done some horrible things in the past but imagine what the world would look like if we were an isolationist country. I suspect most of the world would be speaking either German or Japanese.
