Russia No. 1 in Anti-Americanism?

[peacetraveler22]

Today The Moscow Times published an interesting article entitled Why Russia Is No. 1 in Anti-Americanism. The article summarizes the results of a recent Gallup International poll where approximately 70,000 residents in 65 countries were asked "Who is the greatest threat to world peace?" 24% of worldwide respondents answered "America", but Russia exceeded the global response by more than double, with 54% of Russians choosing America.

Conversely, only 2% of Americans in the Gallup poll think Russia is a threat to global peace. I've mentioned before that Russia doesn't dominate American news, nor do most Americans spend any time thinking about the country at all. A rare exception recently due to the Olympic Games being held in the country. I don't know how powerful state controlled propaganda is in Russia because my knowledge of the language isn't proficient enough to watch these broadcasts. Honestly, a lot of faith and reliance should not be placed on such polls because they are always skewed in some manner. Russian bloggers like fritzmorgen, a master at statistics and anti-Western data, could probably search the Internet and find polls which say the opposite - that Americans don't trust Russia, etc. The article also indicates that another Gallup poll asked Russians the following question: "If there were no barriers to living in any country in the world, which country would you live in?" The number one answer amongst Russians? "America." Thus, the two polls seem diametrically opposed.

If you have time, take a look at the article. It's worth a read. Pleasant weekend to all! Next week we'll continue with more stories from Tennessee.

Comments

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

The concept of sovereign nations imply that there are no world cops.
Every nation can live in a way they choose until they attack others.
So are principles of the UN.

[new-forester.livejournal.com]

Sure. But in reality - the USA is the world's cop while the UN is a gathering of clowns.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

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USA is the world's cop
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No. While others have nuclear weapons.

[new-forester.livejournal.com]

No one is going to use nuclear weapons. Even the craziest dictators realize that they'll destroy themselves as well.
The objective reality is that the USA is the only country in the world that is capable of maintaining military and economic presence everywhere. You may not like it but such is the case.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

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maintaining military and economic presence everywhere
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I personally do not care about it.
I'm not anti-American, I'm pro-Russian.
I care first if MY country can act freely and independently.

And, as you can see from the last year events, it can.

[new-forester.livejournal.com]

Of course one should care about his own country first.
I hope Russia will grow stronger and more prosperous while cooperating with the US on solving world issues, like terrorism, for example.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

I agree :)

[skysheep.livejournal.com]

Nations do not have absolute sovereignty. The international law has long recognized it.