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Title: US 'Sees World Influence Declining' Amid Economic Woe
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BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11331265
Published: Sep 16, 2010
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2010-09-16 14:32:13 by Brian S
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of Americans who believe the US role as a world leader is on the decline, a survey suggests. The proportion of those saying the US is playing a less powerful global role than 10 years ago has risen from 17% in 2002 to 37%, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs said. A third of 2,717 respondants said the US would be the top world power 2060. The gloom is put down to economic woes at home and weariness of foreign wars. "After nine years of difficult wars and the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s, Americans want to focus on the home front and be more selective in the application of US influence and resources abroad," Chicago Council President Marshall M Bouton said in a statement. Other survey findings include:
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
# A majority of Americans believe that if Israel and Iran go to war, the US should not intervene militarily on Israel's side. As if anybody in Washington gives a rat's ass about what these people think. Just vote, drink beer, watch sports, and STFU.
And the BBC should know All about vanishing Empires. 8D What's Going On In The Gulf? BP and the government decided that millions of gallons of dispersants should be dumped into the Gulf to sink and hide the oil. They succeeded in sinking it. As ABC, CBS and NPR note, huge quantities of oil are blanketing the ocean floor, killing virtually all of the sealife which lives there. And giant new underwater plumes have been found in the water column itself. But officials don't want to hear about them. As one member of the oil spill recovery team said: “My biggest concern is there’s [a plume of oil] five miles by 30 miles out there that was reported and no one responded. The Coast Guard said for days that they wanted to run tests, and if they don’t test it when it’s called in, they’ll never find it”
# Nine out of 10 Americans today think it is more important for the future that the US see to pressing problems at home than address challenges abroad.
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