Gallup: Americans say Iran is our greatest enemy

[Cocoa]

http://poll.gallup.com/content/?ci=21607

PRINCETON, NJ -- More Americans consider Iran the United States' greatest enemy today than any other country, according to Gallup's annual World Affairs survey. Iraq, North Korea, and China are also mentioned frequently by Americans as the United States' greatest enemy. This poll marks the first time that Iran has topped the list as the United States' greatest enemy; in previous years, Iraq or North Korea ranked first. Republicans are more likely than Democrats, and men are more likely than women, to say Iran is the country's greatest enemy.

The poll, conducted Feb. 6-9, 2006, asked Americans, without prompting, to name "one country anywhere in the world" that they "consider to be America's greatest enemy today." Thirty-one percent say Iran is the greatest enemy, while 22% say Iraq, 15% say North Korea, and 10% say China.

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[ret5hd]

1. i wonder if ANY gave the correct answer...

we are our own worst enemy.

[bunkerbuster1]

13. no no--the correct answer to this question is:

"What kind of a dumb shit question is THAT? We're a lone superpower, we can crush anyone, militarily. Sheesh."

[The2ndWheel]

2. Civilization wouldn't be possible

if not for enemies. Thank you Iran, thank you. And a pre-emptive thank you to China; 10 or 15 years from now I may forget to mention that one morning. Then another thank you in advance to the EU, who may be together after the China war; thank you for that dictator that proves the crazy ass Christians right. Then maybe we'll go back to Africa, so thank you Africans for...

[libhill]

14. The U.S.

always has to have an enemy some where, and if there's not an enemy on the horizon, we'll just invent one. Gotta keep them cards and letters (and tax payer dollars) rolling in to the military industrial complex, keep the perpetual war machine greased. If there was nothing else on the horizon, we'd go to war with some crappy island country, like Reagan did with Grenada. I must admit that I always lived in fear of an awesome fleet of Grenadian war canoes invading poor little defenseless America, to deprive us of our freedom and take our assault weapons.

[Toucano]

3. The United States is 6th.

Tied with Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia and France.


LOL! :rofl:

[libhill]

4. More Bushista propaganda

n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. Shit, man.

If Iran is our biggest enemy, we're in pretty good shape.

[gasperc]

6. with 130,000 in theater in Iraq's CIVIL WAR

I think Iraq will keep us good and tied up so Bush Inc can gin up fears of Iran all it wants, Iraq is what's raking us over the coals and if Joe shit for brains beer can refuses to understand that, well then

we are quite fucked

[Ravenseye]

7. 22% said Iraq

That's funny.

[Cocoa]

15. I found that funny too

:rofl:

[Ravenseye]

17. Well we ARE at war with them aren't we?

I can hear people saying that...

Is there a smiley where the smiley puts his head through a wall?

[SpiralHawk]

20. We have always been at war with Oceania

So shut up, sit down, and eat your choco-rations

Always remember, comrades: Big BushCo loves you

[BlueEyedSon]

8. I guess "american neofascism" wasn't one of the choices......

[Minnesota Libra]

9. Wasn't it just a couple of years ago.....

.....people were saying the very same thing about Iraq and Saddam?? Then after Bush and Co got the majority of Americans on board he invaded Iraq. Why? What we weren't told at the time was that Saddam was in the process of switching all his oil money from dollar to euros.

So anyone want to take a wild guess where Bush will be sending our young people to die next?? Why?? Iran will be switching from the dollar to the euro sometime in March.

[lectrobyte]

10. The polls prove the propaganda is well-catapulted.

[lpbk2713]

11. I find it interesting that France made the list and Cuba didn't.

I would imagine that is due to the constant droning about France on the RW talk shows.

[Cocoa]

16. very interesting about Cuba

also notice the lack of Venezuela, despite the best efforts of the RWers to whip up opinion against them.

[SillyGoose]

12. To quote Yogi Berra...its deja vu all over again.

The newest brain-washing campaign is working. This is eerily similar to the stuff put out there in run up to the Iraq war.

[libhill]

19. The next 9/11

is probably already being planned. A "terrorist" attack on another city, to be blamed on Iran this time - the American sheeple will believe whatever lie the Government feeds them. Makes me wonder what really lies behind this selling ports to the United Arab Emirates business. There is definitely something rotten in Denmark.

[Neil Lisst]

18. 22% = Bush's hardcore base

If Bush announced that Liechenstein was enemy number one, tomorrow 22% would be most concerned about them.

[wildwww2]

21. Our country`s greatest enemy is not another country. But Bu$h Inc. period.

It is as simple as that. People who follow a lost leader are doomed to be their own worse enemy. IMHO.
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