Americans believe U.S. should ‘mind its own business,’ Pew research shows

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Americans believe U.S. should ‘mind its own business,’ Pew research shows
WASHINGTON — Agence France-Presse
Published Tuesday, Dec. 03 2013, 11:01 PM EST
Last updated Tuesday, Dec. 03 2013, 11:07 PM EST

For the first time in nearly 40 years, most Americans believe their country’s influence is on the decline and that the United States wields less global power than it did a decade ago.

A majority also believes for the first time that the United States should “mind its own business,” while faulting President Barack Obama for his foreign policy, especially over Syria.

The findings are the result of a Pew Research Center poll of some 2,003 people carried out in conjunction with the Council on Foreign Relations between Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.

“For the first time in surveys dating back nearly 40 years, a majority (53 per cent) says the United States plays a less important and powerful role as a world leader than it did a decade ago,” the centre, a Washington-based non-partisan think tank, says in its report.


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[OrwellwasRight]

1. Yes, America, mind your own damn business!

And you can start by not reading my emails and DU posts anymore!! Fucking NSA.

[ronnie624]

2. Interesting.

I don't think we need to "mind our own business". What we need to do, is seek cooperative relations with other countries. We're going to have to work together to mitigate the coming hardships for all humanity, that will surely result from things like global climate change, overpopulation and energy, food and water shortages, etc. The future of our civilization will not be secured by attempts to dominate everyone else. All that does, is create anger and distrust, and increase the general level of hostility and violence in the world, thus distracting us from doing what is necessary.

[Ace Acme]

4. We need to mind our own business for a while before we can expect anyone to cooperate nt

[pampango]

7. Most Democrats agree. "Republicans are more likely ... to say the US should go its own way ..."

Republicans are more likely than Democrats and independents to say the U.S. should go its own way in international matters, regardless of what other countries think; 47% of Republicans express this view, compared with 30% of Democrats and 37% of independents. Conversely, Republicans are less likely than other groups to say the U.S. should cooperate fully with the United Nations (46% vs. 69% of Democrats and 57% of independents).



There continue to be wide partisan disagreements over the importance of a number of foreign policy priorities. More than three times as many Democrats (57%) as Republicans (16%) say that dealing with global climate change should be a top foreign policy priority. This reflects the deep partisan divide over whether there is solid evidence that the earth is warming.

And while goals such as strengthening the U.N., improving living standards in developing countries, and promoting human rights and democracy are not among Democrats’ leading priorities overall, more Democrats than Republicans view each as top policy goals.

[on point]

10. I think this is the correct path! 1000% +

[ronnie624]

3. Most of the respondents are clearly clueless,

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ignorant of their government's history, incapable of adult reasoning, and thoroughly bamboozled by establishment propaganda.

While extremists groups such as al-Qaeda and nations such as Iran and North Korea topped the list of global threats, Americans also emerged as deeply worried by possible cyberattacks on the United States.

Al-Qaeda is not a "global" threat, Iran does not display a propensity for overt aggression, and US conduct in the world is responsible for more death and destruction than the crazy government of N. Korea could ever dream of.

Without a greater focus on education, mitigating the impending climate disaster is out of the question.

[newfie11]

6. +infinity

[Maraya1969]

5. Syria? We did not attack Syria.

What are they complaining about?

[dipsydoodle]

8. Good example here of nose poking :

US Urges Ukraine to Heed Calls for European Future.

BRUSSELS, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday called on Ukraine to “listen to the voices of its people” amid mass protests in the former Soviet republic over its government’s sudden rejection of a long-awaited trade deal with the European Union.

“Clearly, there is a very powerful evidence of people who would like to be associated with Europe and who had high hopes for their aspirations to be fulfilled through that association,” Kerry told a news conference in Brussels following a meeting of foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

http://en.ria.ru/world/20131204/185244181/US-Urges-Ukraine-to-Heed-Calls-for-European-Future.html

The issues here is between the Ukraine, the EU and Russia : its got sfa to do with the US. There is nothing at present to determine exactly what the MAJORITY of Ukrainians want - pictures of protests show only what the protesters want.

[davidpdx]

9. I think it has become more of a delicate balancing act

and we need to spend more time having peaceful conversations like those started with Iran. At the same time I don't think we should abandon the countries that need us. The two high up on that list are South Korea and Japan.