US ranked as world's worst peacemaker (China 3rd)

[Mat]

An annual WIN/Gallup international survey asked more than 65,000 people worldwide which country they considered the "greatest thread to peace."

The top four:

24% U.S.
8% Pakistan
6% China
5% Afghanistan

Source: Time Magazine

[Creative83]

I find it interesting how

- Indians are happy people
- Young Indians believe India is a threat to world peace, WTF?
- Americans actually think Iran is the biggest threat when Iran practically stopped a US invasion last year.
- Canadian and Australians are knowledgeable about the US as I predicted.
- China doesn't see Israel as a threat to peace. Wow. They must not be aware Israel prime minister literally penetrated into the US media for days to convince for war.
- Japan finds female politician do a worse job than male.

[hullexile]

Am I missing something between the 1st and 2nd posts?

[ouwen]

I find it interesting how

- Indians are happy people

They buy more gold that any other country, only recently surpassed by China, so they must be prosperous.

- Young Indians believe India is a threat to world peace, WTF?

Their government is buying weapons like crazy now.

- Americans actually think Iran is the biggest threat when Iran practically stopped a US invasion last year.

How can you know what Americans think? Certainly not from what you hear on their lying media.... Iran has threatened the US dollar reserve currency, just as Saddam did, so the anti Iran propaganda is rampant in the US media. Trying to build a "just cause" for war.

- Canadian and Australians are knowledgeable about the US as I predicted.

True, but their governments still like to collect a share of US war mongering money.

- China doesn't see Israel as a threat to peace. Wow. They must not be aware Israel prime minister literally penetrated into the US media for days to convince for war.

China has been playing the neutral nice guy friend of everyone for some time now. They aren't dumb enough to play the foreign policy game head to head with the US. The Pacific pivot might change that. we shall see.

- Japan finds female politician do a worse job than male.

Japan is a paternalistic culture. Paternalistic Germany went to a female leader, but it will be a long while before Japan changes.

[packy_crusher]

If you live in a country where all media is dominated by state owned censored media, censored internet access, and a one party system that dominates all aspects of your life, including the books you are allowed to read and subjects taught in school.....what is the point of a survey? If the government is successful, are you not getting the government's opinion? Would a survey on anything work in North Korea? Why is China any different?

[closedcasket]

If you live in a country where all media is dominated by state owned censored media, censored internet access, and a one party system that dominates all aspects of your life, including the books you are allowed to read and subjects taught in school.....what is the point of a survey? If the government is successful, are you not getting the government's opinion? Would a survey on anything work in North Korea? Why is China any different?

Exactly right.

[Watercooler]

If you live in a country where all media is dominated by state owned censored media, censored internet access, and a one party system that dominates all aspects of your life, including the books you are allowed to read and subjects taught in school.....what is the point of a survey? If the government is successful, are you not getting the government's opinion? Would a survey on anything work in North Korea? Why is China any different?

You make a pretty valid point. Your argument could for example explain the vehemence many Chinese direct towards Japan (one-sided nationalist education). However, judging by the mainlanders I spoke to, I think a fair number of them are smarter than foreigners give them credit for. Alot of them are well-aware of the censorship and the slanted views of CCTV and People's Daily. Some of them are in fact quite cynical about it all. So perhaps they are giving answers to surveys to what they think is the correct answer, rather than what they really think deep down.

Rather than just revealing Mainlanders are ignorant of the world because of censorship, it also may indicate them not giving a very truthful answer.

[Mat]

It was an international survey, Not a Chinese survey.

[Creative83]

It was an international survey, Not a Chinese survey.

I laid it out to them... I tried...

[hullexile]

I laid it out to them... I tried...

I was confused by your "as I predicted". When and where did you predict this?