Non-stop smaller wars, and officials always playing up the risk of bigger wars to get bigger military budgets have always had Americans worried about a new major war being on the horizon, but the latest NBC/SurveyMonkey poll shows that such fears have been growing dramatically in recent months.
This new poll showed an overwhelming majority, 76% of Americans, are now worried that the US will get drawn into a new “major war” in the next four years. This is an increase of 10% over the last time the question was asked, in mid-February.
As far as who the US might get into that major war with, the plurality went to North Korea, with 41% of Americans believing that the isolated nation is the “greatest immediate threat” to the US. ISIS was second at 28%, Russia at 18%, with China and Iran rounding out the top 5.
Interestingly, the threats split heavily along party lines in the US, with Republicans much more likely to see ISIS as the greatest threat, and Democrats viewing Russia as a much bigger threat. Obviously, this doesn’t necessarily line up evenly with the fear of a major war, as the US is already fighting ISIS.
But the risk of a major war with North Korea is palpable, and probably at least partly responsible for driving the growing fear among the American public. This has also been true internationally, with Russia and China both expressing concern that the US might unilaterally attack North Korea, precipitating a major war that would destabilize the region.
Can we be drawn into a “major” war with Daesh, seeing as how it’s primarily a guerrilla army with no real homeland?
Another war with us supplying weapons to both sides?
Double the profit, what could be more in our best interest?
North Korea dangerous? “This animal is vicious when attacked it defends itself”
We have them backed into a corner and are talking about squeezing them even more. They may bite
They must have been sampling children because most grown American adults vote for pro-war candidates. R’s and D’s are very much pro-war.
Half the people do not vote, knowing the likely result will be bad.
Brexit — Selected and elected by the 26% most wealthy
As the 51% most educated and wealthy always vote in a way that enables them to own all the land, wealth and political power, as this causes the impoverished lower-half of society to not waste time voting for their next set of dictators, the voting majority of those who vote are invariably the 26% most wealthy.
So, the real issue on Brexit is, should the 26% most wealthy, the rich ruling-class, have the power to take the UK out of the European Union? Especially when it is self-evident that the 26% most wealthy have an austerity hard Brexit planned for the lower-half. Surely, what being crushed between the rock and the hard place is all about.
Did the poll allow people to choose on their own or was there a list? Either way I’m curious how ISIS could be included amongst actual countries with air forces and navies. Something that could conceivably invade us. I guess the fear card is working very well.
So the US population sees North Korea as a threat, not the USA which is intent on forcing its way on the DPRK, which still remembers the complete destruction of its land, dams, infrastructure by the USA during the “Korean War” which has never officially ended.