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The United States is considered the greatest threat to peace in the world, says WIN/Gallup International's annual global end-of-year survey.

America was named the biggest threat by 24 percent of people surveyed, followed by Pakistan with 8 percent and China with 6 percent; Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Israel were tied at 5 percent.

"The world's sometimes eager, sometimes reluctant policeman is the subject of widespread animosity. Predictable in some areas (the Middle East and North Africa), but less so in others," the BBC's world affairs correspondent, Paul Adams, said of the findings.

At the same time, though, the poll found that the United States, Canada, and Australia are the countries where most people would like to live if they could.

The survey was conducted in 63 countries during October and November using a variety of methodologies, including online, face-to-face, and computer-assisted telephone interviewing.

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The US seen as the greatest threat to peace... Hmmm.. I can understand why. But also people mostly want to live here the most. I can also understand that as well. One thing we can get from this poll is that the US foreign policy really isnt winning the hearts and minds of the people from around the world.

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Sure. Everything operates smoother when it is balanced, you would agree? A balance of power is no different.

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TheDemSocialist said:

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The US seen as the greatest threat to peace... Hmmm.. I can understand why. But also people mostly want to live here the most. I can also understand that as well. One thing we can get from this poll is that the US foreign policy really isnt winning the hearts and minds of the people from around the world.

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There have been people pointing at that elephant in the room for a long time now.

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Montecresto said:

Sure. Everything operates smoother when it is balanced, you would agree? A balance of power is no different.

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Yes, let's give terrorists half the power.

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TheDemSocialist said:

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The US seen as the greatest threat to peace... Hmmm.. I can understand why. But also people mostly want to live here the most. I can also understand that as well. One thing we can get from this poll is that the US foreign policy really isnt winning the hearts and minds of the people from around the world.

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Greed is the biggest threat to peace and the US is the greediest country in the history of the world so that makes sense to me.

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Better question: Why should I care what the "rest of the world" thinks?

They are no less self-interested than we are. You're frankly fooling yourself if your think they have anyone's best interests in mind other than their own when they make these kinds of statements.

They'd gladly watch us all burn if it meant that they had the opportunity to take our place.

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TheDemSocialist said:

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The US seen as the greatest threat to peace... Hmmm.. I can understand why. But also people mostly want to live here the most. I can also understand that as well. One thing we can get from this poll is that the US foreign policy really isnt winning the hearts and minds of the people from around the world.

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The U.S. is one of the most successful and materialistic countries in the world. Part of the reason for our success comes from our form of governing, resources and being a leader in innovation.

As with any great good we're capable of big errors. I think our gov spends too much time and wastes too much effort/money policing the globe in our strategic interests. We're far from all bad and currently a huge asset in the global economy.

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This is what happens when you have a history of spraying agent orange on people.

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ecofarm said:

Yes, let's give terrorists half the power.

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Wow! I use to only have to wonder!!

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ecofarm said:

Yes, let's give terrorists half the power.

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Or we could stop droning innocent civilians thus creating more terrorists.

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TheDemSocialist said:

Or we could stop droning innocent civilians thus creating more terrorists.

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You can't speak reason to a self proclaimed pro war American.

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Gathomas88 said:

Better question: Why should I care what the "rest of the world" thinks?

They are no less self-interested than we are. You're frankly fooling yourself if your think they have anyone's best interests in mind other than their own when they make these kinds of statements.

They'd gladly watch us all burn if it meant that they had the opportunity to take our place.

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I think you're being a little too cynical, a lot of countries have no interest whatsoever in being a world power and neither do their citizens.

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Wiseone said:

I think you're being a little too cynical, a lot of countries have no interest whatsoever in being a world power and neither do their citizens.

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Maybe not, but they are interested in seeing their own best interests put forward. In many cases, those interests run counter to our own.

Pakistan, for instance, would love to run rough-shod over the current Afghan government and pick another fight with India. Israel, meanwhile, would love to finish the job of conquering the Palestinians, while many of their Arab neighbors would leap at the opportunity to wipe the Israelis themselves off the map. Russia would really enjoy the chance to reclaim it's former sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Iranians want to be the regional hegemon of the middle East. The Europeans rather clearly resent our economic, political, and cultural dominance, while the Chinese covet our dominance of the Pacific and global military hegemony. Etca, etca...

The major thing stopping all of these nations from achieving their visions, in the majority of cases, is the United States' influence.

They liked us just fine when we were the only nation powerful enough to keep the big bad Soviet Union at bay (or, alternately, sided with the Soviets against us). Now that the old Cold War dynamic has been removed, however; we are little more than an obstacle standing in the way of their own advancement.

Even if the populace of many nations is not aware of this, the persons responsible for shaping the "political dialogues" which are largely responsible for the anti-American sentiment seen in most of the world today most certainly are. The nature of their self-interested agendas should be obvious.

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TheDemSocialist said:

Or we could stop droning innocent civilians thus creating more terrorists.

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That would give the terrorists half the power?

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Ha, someone thinks that if we were to stop killing civilians with drones that the terrorists would suddenly inherit half of the global military strength!!!!

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TheDemSocialist said:

Or we could stop droning innocent civilians thus creating more terrorists.

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Why are those 'innocent' civilians getting 'droned'?

Because they are hanging out with and supporting terrorists.

When you hang out with bad people don't be surprised if bad things happen to you.

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Ha, someone thinks if we stopped drone attacks there wouldn't be more terrorists!



They've hated us and sought to harm us for a long time... when 9/11 happened, we were not active militarily in the M.E. at all, were we...

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shrubnose said:

Why are those 'innocent' civilians getting 'droned'?

Because they are hanging out with and supporting terrorists.

When you hang out with bad people don't be surprised if bad things happen to you.

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Quoted because it is timeless wisdom.

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shrubnose said:

Why are those 'innocent' civilians getting 'droned'?

Because they are hanging out with and supporting terrorists.

When you hang out with bad people don't be surprised if bad things happen to you.

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Funerals, wedding parties and bazaars.

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Goshin said:

Ha, someone thinks if we stopped drone attacks there wouldn't be more terrorists!



They've hated us and sought to harm us for a long time... when 9/11 happened, we were not active militarily in the M.E. at all, were we...

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Modern terrorism dates all the way back to the U.N. reallocation of national lands after WWII, it's become more relevant to us recently because it finally hit our shores in a large scale attack 9/11/01. The thing people disassociate from that major attack is that we have lost citizens when other nations had flights bombed, have lost them in foreign attacks, and then of course the attacks on our marine base in Lebanon in the 1980s. This is nowhere near a new problem, terrorists are, like any other group interested in fulfilling their own goals.

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ecofarm said:

That would give the terrorists half the power?

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I think even if we ended this silly "war on terror" that the terrorists still wont have anywhere close to half the power. Hell they would probably loose power.

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shrubnose said:

Why are those 'innocent' civilians getting 'droned'?

Because they are hanging out with and supporting terrorists.

When you hang out with bad people don't be surprised if bad things happen to you.

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Im sure this recent wedding party was packed with terrorists: U.S. drone faulted for killing 14
But hey here are some more innocent civilians: Predator Drone Strikes: 50 Civilians Are Killed For Every 1 Terrorist, and the CIA Only Wants to Up Drone Warfare - PolicyMic
Real "effective" way of warfare. Probably spitting out more terrorists than we kill with these things.

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TheDemSocialist said:

I think even if we ended this silly "war on terror" that the terrorists still wont have anywhere close to half the power. Hell they would probably loose power.

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Well then you're not working with the claim I quoted.

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TheDemSocialist said:

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The US seen as the greatest threat to peace... Hmmm.. I can understand why. But also people mostly want to live here the most. I can also understand that as well. One thing we can get from this poll is that the US foreign policy really isnt winning the hearts and minds of the people from around the world.

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It will once we've killed all the people with negative opinions of us. Huzzah forever war!

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Goshin said:

Ha, someone thinks if we stopped drone attacks there wouldn't be more terrorists!



They've hated us and sought to harm us for a long time... when 9/11 happened, we were not active militarily in the M.E. at all, were we...

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I know you were joking but I'll humour you anyway. We've been active in the ME for a century. Propping up dictators when they "behaved" and attacking them when they didn't. Pitting and arming one ME country against another in one decade and reversing that support in the next, arming the Taliban to fight the Russians in one decade only to have to come back and fight them in another. Fighting with al Qaida here and using them to topple a dictator there. Pissing off countries by abusing UN resolutions to topple governments. Carving up oil fields and taking lands away from one group of people and giving it to another. There's no shortage of reasons why "they" hate us, your right about that.