Post by unlawflcombatnt on Dec 3, 2009 14:34:30 GMT -6
from Yahoo/AP:
Poll: Isolationism soars among Americans
By BARRY SCHWEID
Thu Dec 3, 2009
"Americans are turning away from the world, showing a tendency toward isolationism in foreign affairs that has risen to the highest level in 4 decades, a poll out Thursday found.
Almost half, 49%, told the polling organization that the United States should "mind its own business" internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own, the Pew Research Center survey found. That's up from 30% who said that in December 2002.
Results of the survey appear to conflict with President Barack Obama's activist foreign policy, including a newly announced buildup of 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan to fight Taliban and al-Qaida extremists....
Only 32% of the poll respondents favored increasing U.S. troops in Afghanistan, while 40% favored decreasing them....
Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut said in an interview that the "very bad economy" appeared most responsible for the growth of isolationist sentiment. He said the public was also "displeased with the 2 wars we are waging, in Iraq and Afghanistan."....
While isolationism and unilateralism reached four-decade highs among the public, the stature of China increased....
A majority of Americans surveyed, or 53%, see China's emerging power as a threat to the United States....
The findings come from 2 surveys. The 1st poll, of 2,000 adults, was conducted by telephone Oct. 28 to Nov. 8.... A subsequent poll of 1,003 people [was] conducted from Nov. 12-15"
Hopefully President Obama, the "People-of-the-World" president, is listening.
We're Americans FIRST, and "people-of-the-world" second.
Poll: Isolationism soars among Americans
By BARRY SCHWEID
Thu Dec 3, 2009
"Americans are turning away from the world, showing a tendency toward isolationism in foreign affairs that has risen to the highest level in 4 decades, a poll out Thursday found.
Almost half, 49%, told the polling organization that the United States should "mind its own business" internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own, the Pew Research Center survey found. That's up from 30% who said that in December 2002.
Results of the survey appear to conflict with President Barack Obama's activist foreign policy, including a newly announced buildup of 30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan to fight Taliban and al-Qaida extremists....
Only 32% of the poll respondents favored increasing U.S. troops in Afghanistan, while 40% favored decreasing them....
Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut said in an interview that the "very bad economy" appeared most responsible for the growth of isolationist sentiment. He said the public was also "displeased with the 2 wars we are waging, in Iraq and Afghanistan."....
While isolationism and unilateralism reached four-decade highs among the public, the stature of China increased....
A majority of Americans surveyed, or 53%, see China's emerging power as a threat to the United States....
The findings come from 2 surveys. The 1st poll, of 2,000 adults, was conducted by telephone Oct. 28 to Nov. 8.... A subsequent poll of 1,003 people [was] conducted from Nov. 12-15"
Hopefully President Obama, the "People-of-the-World" president, is listening.
We're Americans FIRST, and "people-of-the-world" second.