Americans show the love to Cellar favored nations

[Undertoad]

Americans Give Record-High Ratings to Several Allies

Feelin' the love:

This year's ratings for Canada (96%), Australia (93%), Germany (86%), Japan (83%), and India (75%) are all record highs for those countries in Gallup trends that stretch back at least a decade. Additionally, the survey finds Great Britain (90%), France (75%), and Israel (71%) rated near their all-time highs.

[DanaC]

That was fascinating. Thanks for posting.

[Sundae]

Psssst, Dani - they like the Aussies more then us.
Let's not talk to them any more.

[DanaC]

Pshaw. Everybody likes the Aussies. What can one possibly dislike about Aussies?


You seen the US Food Insecurity levels? (in World) On a par with Greece. Greece has 18% food insecure, and the US 19%. This explains how Occupy Wall Street happens imo.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Pshaw. Everybody likes the Aussies. What can one possibly dislike about Aussies?

It's not that we like them so much, but we do respect the shit out of people that live where 50% of the flora and fauna can kill you.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's not that we like them so much, but we do respect the shit out of people that live where 50% of the flora and fauna can kill you.

I have never been to Aussie land but it is on my Bucket List.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's not that we like them so much, but we do respect the shit out of people that live where 50% of the flora and fauna can kill you.

Per capita beer consumption and the number of topless beaches is also figured into the equation.

[HungLikeJesus]

Americans often get confused between the Austrians and the Australians. That's all it is.

[glatt]

It's interesting to see the drop for Pakistan. People are more informed than I expected. Pakistan was relatively high during the peak of the Afghan war when they were such an ally, and has dropped steady as that relationship has cooled. I'm honestly surprised that the surveyed Americans knew what Pakistan was and had a grasp of current events. Who were these people?

[tw]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's interesting to see the drop for Pakistan.

Long ago was this question. What country is the greatest threat to America? Probably Pakistan. That answer remains.

Back in 2008, a reality was predicted.

Originally Posted by tw

Those with contempt for America even refused to ask a simple question: "When do you go after bin Laden?"
In 349 days, America will have leaders with balls to ask that question.

Then we first discovered and later elected one. Then a hunt for bin Laden was restarted - with success. Where did they find him? Protected in a house just down the street from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point.

Reality. When was Pakistan really a respected ally? Pakistan was even marketing bombs to countries that most needed nuclear weapons because some idiot called them the axis of evil. This was even posted in May 2007 when xoxoxoBruce was calling me a liar. The impending Veto:

Originally Posted by tw

What is the greatest long term threat to America? I believe it to be Pakistan.

(BTW bruce, even Michael Yon has come around to my thinking.) Reality has not changed. Has only become more obvious after almost five years.

Pakistan has been and remains a greatest threat to America. It should have been obvious long ago when George Jr was promoting lies and all but protecting bin Laden. A problem made even worse with so much of our military trapped should Pakistan decide they don't need the $billions used to 'buy' them.

As the Economist recently noted, Pakistan has clearly become more fundamentalist than it was ten years ago. But it should have been obvious that long ago that Pakistan was and remains a greatest threat to America.

Meanwhile, Turkey deserves a much higher rating than Israel.


Sidebar: who planned the Pakistani attack on Lahore that killed 100+ in India? A man who lived in two counties both adjacent to The Cellar. Does the Cellar also lie in a hotbed of extremism where friends are not on that list?

[Sundae]

You might be assuming knowledge that isn't there.
Pakmanistan? Thats where Pashminas come from, right? Oh yes, so cosy, 10 points to Gryffindor!

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Sundae

You might be assuming knowledge that isn't there.
Pakmanistan? Thats where Pashminas come from, right? Oh yes, so cosy, 10 points to Gryffindor!

Most Americans probably thought they were talking about Packman. With the advent of the new online computer gaming they viewed Packman as lame.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Sundae

You might be assuming knowledge that isn't there.
Pakmanistan? Thats where Pashminas come from, right? Oh yes, so cosy, 10 points to Gryffindor!

[Undertoad]

How did your prediction of war with China go?

Around here we're familiar with sports bettors greening up their prediction success rate.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

How did your prediction of war with China go?

So China had military confrontations with Japan over the Senkaku Islands. Even placing some in their claimed defense airspace. China recently trapped and had another confrontation with the Philippines over the Second Thomas Shoals. At least 130 ships from China and Vietnam are in confrontation in the Parcel Islands. Recent reports imply something is about to happen in the Sprately Islands. So far, conflicts have involved colliding ships and water cannons. So no chance of war exists since many of those 130 ships are armed Coast Guard and warships.