Will Iran(again) interfere in the USA election?

[eyeball]

Really? I didn't feel better or worse when Canada indefinitely detained nationals using "Security Certificates" going back to 1979, long before anything Bush, Obama, or Osama!

I hear you.

[bud]

you guys need to face the truth:

In the post-Cold War era, despite massive increases in education and access to information, Americans continued to lag behind citizens of other industrialized democracies on measures of international affairs information. In 1994, for example, an eight-nation survey found that citizens of Mexico, Spain, Italy, Canada, Germany, Britain and France were more able than Americans to provide correct answers to a series of questions tapping foreign affairs. Whereas 37 percent of the American sample was unable to answer a single question, the comparable level of ignorance (averaged) for Italy, France, Britain, Germany and Canada was 19 percent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501144.html

oh and lol @ the people commenting about 'not generalizing' when so many of their posts in regards to muslims drips with generalization and stereotyping.

[eyeball]

you guys need to face the truth:

I guess when you're quite certain you're #1 there's not much point in thinking about what others think.

They're no stupider than anyone else, they're just more certain about what they know to be the truth.

[bush_cheney2004]

I guess when you're quite certain you're #1 there's not much point in thinking about what others think.

They're no stupider than anyone else, they're just more certain about what they know to be the truth.

True, but look at the bright side.....at least it takes a break from hatin' on Israel.

[sharkman]

True, but look at the bright side.....at least it takes a break from hatin' on Israel.

True dat.

[waldo]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501144.html

oh... so my expressed personal viewpoint seems to mirror actual study/survey results. I eagerly await the same degree of exception taken being applied, ya think?

salient closing sentence from the linked article: "In general, a more informed citizenry increases the likelihood that elected officials will be held accountable for their actions".

[waldo]

I'd feel a lot better about Obama if he'd only shut down that POW camp in Guantanamo like he promised.

lack of Congressional support... inability to find a state willing to host... fear of a security threat on American soil... lack of military support (vis-a-vis domestic judiciary vs. military tribunals)... possible 2012 election influence, etc., etc., etc.

[sharkman]

Exactly. Obama didn't know what he was talking about when he made that promise because he had so little experience going in. Didn't he promise to try terrorists in the court system as well instead of a military tribunal? Hopefully he pays in the next election for misleading the citizenry with this and other promises.

[sharkman]

oh... so my expressed personal viewpoint seems to mirror actual study/survey results. I eagerly await the same degree of exception taken being applied, ya think?

salient closing sentence from the linked article: "In general, a more informed citizenry increases the likelihood that elected officials will be held accountable for their actions".

You mean a survey in which they compare the US with 8 other much smaller nations? I wonder why they left out China, Russia, poor nations and just about any nation in Africa? Hey, don't get me wrong, there certainly is a segment of the American population that isn't up to speed on international affairs, but so what?

Interestingly enough, the article blames the MSM in the US for the lack of knowledge on international affairs.

Edited January 3, 2012 by sharkman

[bush_cheney2004]

...Interestingly enough, the article blames the MSM in the US for the lack of knowledge on international affairs.

American audiences get exactly what they want, not what other nationals think they should be interested in. Years ago, there were any number of high-brow television and radio programs for foreign and domestic "affairs", but none had the audience share draw of a Jerry Springer or sports. So we shouldn't blame the "MSM", because in the end, many Americans don't know, don't care, and don't care that they don't know, and would rather watch celebs on TMZ.