October 11, 200421 yr :o U.S. Russia?s Enemy Number One ? Poll MosNews | October 11 2004 The United States is seen as Russia?s prime foreign enemy according to a poll by the nation?s Public Opinion Foundation last week. With 68 percent of respondents convinced Russia had enemies abroad that could start a war, 25 percent said that the chief enemy was the United States. Only 7 percent said the threat came from Arab countries or Islamic groups. And another 7 percent said the threat came from Chechnya. A mere 5 percent named terrorists as the number one threat. The poll, the results of which were published on the foundation?s website, asked 1,500 people across Russia to describe how they felt about Russia?s image abroad. Nearly half of those polled ? 46 percent ? said that Russia had a poor image abroad, while 40 percent said Russia had a positive image. Of the countries U.S. President George Bush labeled two years ago as the ?axis of evil? - Iran, Iraq, and North Korea ? only two percent saw Iraq as an enemy, one percent saw a threat coming from Iran, and one percent from Asian countries including North Korea and Vietnam.
October 11, 200421 yr You cant stress enough the harm of our unilateral action in Iraq. Whether emotional, imagined, or real the majority of the world's population view us as a global destabilizer which is the direct opposite of our previous reputation as a global stabilizer.
October 11, 200421 yr Is this surprising? Russians have alot of problems in their country and they blame us.
October 11, 200421 yr Is this surprising? Russians have alot of problems in their country and they blame us. 589172[/snapback] This isnt isolated to Russia my dear friend.
October 11, 200421 yr Author Is this surprising? Russians have alot of problems in their country and they blame us. 589172[/snapback] This isnt isolated to Russia my dear friend. 589174[/snapback] Like when Britian blames their growing problem with obesity on the U.S. :mischief
October 12, 200421 yr Considering the Russians get their news from state media outlets, I'm not shocked that America is painted as the biggest threat to Russia. Also, they're probably jealous of our freedom. Russians can suck it IMO. Their military probably isn't even that good anymore. They've sold it all off*. *Expects tonyi to provide some factual evidence
October 12, 200421 yr You cant stress enough the harm of our unilateral action in Iraq. Whether emotional, imagined, or real the majority of the world's population view as a global destabilizer which is the direct opposite of our previous reputation as a global stabilizer. 589167[/snapback] I agree, this polling would make us look worse if you conducted it in Iraq, where close to 90 percent of the population sees us as occupyers rather than liberators.
October 12, 200421 yr You cant stress enough the harm of our unilateral action in Iraq. Whether emotional, imagined, or real the majority of the world's population view us as a global destabilizer which is the direct opposite of our previous reputation as a global stabilizer. 589167[/snapback] I'm sure the fact that Kerry makes insinuations that the US will attempt to heavily manage Russian management of nuclear material within it's borders doesn't help.
October 12, 200421 yr come on shamrock, u really can't believe what you are saying. that would be true of most other countries, but not russia. i would say people's perception of the US as an enemy comes from close to 100 years of communism out of which the majority the US has been their #1 enemy.
October 12, 200421 yr You guys remember that the wall fell in 1989. This is 2004....around 15 years. In 15 years you still have plenty of the population who grew up thinking the US was the enemy of the state. You can't just erase that so quickly. Look at the ancient conflicts that still exist today between the Arabs and Jews.
October 12, 200421 yr You guys remember that the wall fell in 1989. This is 2004....around 15 years. In 15 years you still have plenty of the population who grew up thinking the US was the enemy of the state. You can't just erase that so quickly. Look at the ancient conflicts that still exist today between the Arabs and Jews. 589889[/snapback] Nonsense Cape. Stop making sense. This is all GWBush's fault. The Russians just don't like him. But, if you vote for Kerry everyone all around the world will love us unconditionally just because Kerry is, well.....Not Bush. Meh.
October 12, 200421 yr You cant stress enough the harm of our unilateral action in Iraq.? Whether emotional, imagined, or real the majority of the world's population view as a global destabilizer which is the direct opposite of our previous reputation as a global stabilizer. 589167[/snapback] I agree, this polling would make us look worse if you conducted it in Iraq, where close to 90 percent of the population sees us as occupyers rather than liberators. 589280[/snapback] I wonder what the Germans though of us 18 months into the program... 589435[/snapback] I'm sure the fact that Kerry makes insinuations that the US will attempt to heavily manage Russian management of nuclear material within it's borders doesn't help. 589624[/snapback] Dissing allies and making bold assumptions about their soveriegn priorities appears to be a key part of the Kerry foreign relations plan... 589667[/snapback] oh brother...yawn. come on shamrock, u really can't believe what you are saying. that would be true of most other countries, but not russia. i would say people's perception of the US as an enemy comes from close to 100 years of communism out of which the majority the US has been their #1 enemy. 589720[/snapback] You guys remember that the wall fell in 1989. This is 2004....around 15 years. In 15 years you still have plenty of the population who grew up thinking the US was the enemy of the state. You can't just erase that so quickly. Look at the ancient conflicts that still exist today between the Arabs and Jews. 589889[/snapback] My response to the rest of these posts is quite simple. If Russia being our Cold War enemy is truly the reason the majority of their populace hates us why is this sentiment worse or just as worse in other large powers? My first post is absolutely true and backed up by nearly every single US foreign policy professor, think tanks, what-have-yous. I cannot help you to accept or even realize the consequences of this unilateral action. These are just the facts my mis-guided friends.
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better.
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better. 589976[/snapback] Orisha, Shamrock is a little too much into academia and not into the real world. You won't be able to sway him into the truth. He probably thinks Canada has free media too even though the Canadian government can outright ban things....but he probably won't believe it either.
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better. 589976[/snapback] You still didnt address the logic though and I prefer that to experience in this case. If there is a state-run media campaign to make the US appear as an enemy why is the negative sentiment towards us similiar if not worse in most other countries?
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better. 589976[/snapback] You still didnt address the logic though and I prefer that to experience in this case. If there is a state-run media campaign to make the US appear as an enemy why is the negative sentiment towards us similiar if not worse in most other countries? 589980[/snapback] Shamrock, you cannot change years of teachings and propaganda brainwashings in just 15 years. The US eliminated most major racism in a rather unique way in terms of psychological study, but the US is not your average country. Russians grew up fearing and hating the US. You cannot change that without time passing.
October 12, 200421 yr latin american countries and western european ones have historically looked at the US as a bully. the latinamericans feel bullied by the US, most times without reason, and europeans just have the nostalgia of once being a world power. russia, while they had communism for 100 years and so on, ultimately a big chunk view the US as liberators for helping them out to knock off communism. still the mojority dislikes the US.
October 12, 200421 yr latin american countries and western european ones have historically looked at the US as a bully. the latinamericans feel bullied by the US, most times without reason, and europeans just have the nostalgia of once being a world power. russia, while they had communism for 100 years and so on, ultimately a big chunk view the US as liberators for helping them out to knock off communism. still the mojority dislikes the US. 589982[/snapback] heck, you have some extreme Democrats and Liberals in this country that dislike the US.
October 12, 200421 yr latin american countries and western european ones have historically looked at the US as a bully. the latinamericans feel bullied by the US, most times without reason, and europeans just have the nostalgia of once being a world power. russia, while they had communism for 100 years and so on, ultimately a big chunk view the US as liberators for helping them out to knock off communism. still the mojority dislikes the US. 589982[/snapback] Even if completely true its still not the point. If they viewed as bad then, they view as even worse now.
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better. 589976[/snapback] You still didnt address the logic though and I prefer that to experience in this case. If there is a state-run media campaign to make the US appear as an enemy why is the negative sentiment towards us similiar if not worse in most other countries? 589980[/snapback] Shamrock, you cannot change years of teachings and propaganda brainwashings in just 15 years. The US eliminated most major racism in a rather unique way in terms of psychological study, but the US is not your average country. Russians grew up fearing and hating the US. You cannot change that without time passing. 589981[/snapback] You must not have read my post at all.
October 12, 200421 yr latin american countries and western european ones have historically looked at the US as a bully. the latinamericans feel bullied by the US, most times without reason, and europeans just have the nostalgia of once being a world power. russia, while they had communism for 100 years and so on, ultimately a big chunk view the US as liberators for helping them out to knock off communism. still the mojority dislikes the US. 589982[/snapback] heck, you have some extreme Democrats and Liberals in this country that dislike the US. 589983[/snapback] Heck, you have some extreme Republicans and conservatives that dislike this country.
October 12, 200421 yr shamrock, i speak from the experience of growing in a communist country with state control media. and i can tell you that's the main reason why they think that way. now, you can take the word of any college professor or mine. i like mine better. 589976[/snapback] You still didnt address the logic though and I prefer that to experience in this case. If there is a state-run media campaign to make the US appear as an enemy why is the negative sentiment towards us similiar if not worse in most other countries? 589980[/snapback] Shamrock, you cannot change years of teachings and propaganda brainwashings in just 15 years. The US eliminated most major racism in a rather unique way in terms of psychological study, but the US is not your average country. Russians grew up fearing and hating the US. You cannot change that without time passing. 589981[/snapback] You must not have read my post at all. 589988[/snapback] I read your post, a state-run campaign that lasted well over 60 years and ended just 15 years ago is enough to create negative sentiment for generations.
October 12, 200421 yr OK, so you read one sentence of it. I should give credit where credit is due. You didnt, however, read the most important part of the post where I said "If there is a state-run media campaign to make the US appear as an enemy why is the negative sentiment towards us similiar if not worse in most other countries?" Is this thing on?
October 12, 200421 yr latin american countries and western european ones have historically looked at the US as a bully. the latinamericans feel bullied by the US, most times without reason, and europeans just have the nostalgia of once being a world power. russia, while they had communism for 100 years and so on, ultimately a big chunk view the US as liberators for helping them out to knock off communism. still the mojority dislikes the US. 589982[/snapback] heck, you have some extreme Democrats and Liberals in this country that dislike the US. 589983[/snapback] Heck, you have some extreme Republicans and conservatives that dislike this country. 589989[/snapback] It isn't anywhere near as widespread as it is on the left side of the aisle. They can't seem to trust "We the People" to even handle our more of own money or vote on how we believe society should be instead seeking Judges to make Common Law.
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