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bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 05:23 AM Apr 2014

Do the American people really give a shit about Ukraine

I mean really with all our problems with the Supreme Court trying to turn back the clock on a lot of issues and people trying to find jobs and with the income and inequality issues at hand.Most people in my circles could care less about a Ukraine

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Do the American people really give a shit about Ukraine (Original Post) bigdarryl Apr 2014 OP
Did you see leftynyc Apr 2014 #1
LOL LOL!!!! bigdarryl Apr 2014 #2
Here's the link to the article in the Washington Post leftynyc Apr 2014 #6
I would like for the Ukrainians to have the right to self-determination, LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #3
Most Americans don't believe evolution is real. NT Adrahil Apr 2014 #4
A lot of them probably don't believe the Ukraine is real, either. LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #5
Did they care about Iraq? malaise Apr 2014 #7
Not much, no. nt bemildred Apr 2014 #8
Only if their gas prices go up. nt TBF Apr 2014 #9
Even if they care, what can they possibly do about it? Orrex Apr 2014 #10
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
1. Did you see
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 05:34 AM
Apr 2014

that graphic that had the place Americans thought Ukraine was all over the freeking place - some even here in the US? That should tell you all you need to know about what Americans think about Ukraine.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
6. Here's the link to the article in the Washington Post
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:49 AM
Apr 2014

about our geographically illiterate American neighbors:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/07/the-less-americans-know-about-ukraines-location-the-more-they-want-u-s-to-intervene/

I tried to copy and paste the graphic but I'm woefully ignorant about that (but can find Ukraine on a map).

LuvNewcastle

(16,855 posts)
3. I would like for the Ukrainians to have the right to self-determination,
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 06:34 AM
Apr 2014

but I'm not going to get all worked up over it. As you said, we've got our own fish to fry over here, and I'd prefer that we concentrate on our own domestic issues. I certainly don't want us to get involved over there militarily. Ukraine is definitely a side interest.

LuvNewcastle

(16,855 posts)
5. A lot of them probably don't believe the Ukraine is real, either.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:15 AM
Apr 2014

I's just another lie that the librul media has been telling us.

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