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Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:34
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N. Korea seen biggest security threat to U.S.: survey
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is seen as the biggest security threat to the United States, a U.S. pollster said Wednesday.
"Seventy-five percent of Americans describe North Korea as an enemy of the United
States," while "Iran is seen an enemy by 70 percent of adults," Rasmussen
Reports, an electronic public opinion pollster, said in releasing the outcome of
the survey of 1,000 Americans conducted between Aug. 6 and 9.
"Both are developing nuclear weapons and refuse to listen to the United Nations
and other international mediators who are trying to talk them out of it," the
report said. "They are also the nations that sizable majorities of Americans
consider to be the biggest enemies of the United States."
Iraq and Afghanistan followed with 41 percent and 40 percent each.
"While U.S. troops are still on schedule to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, 64
percent of U.S. voters say the war there is not over," the report said. "The
Obama administration has been shifting troops into Afghanistan, but 83 percent
expect the president will have to send in more U.S. troops in the next year or
so."
Next comes Venezuela.
"The trash-talking president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has earned his country
the next position on the enemies' list: 34 percent of Americans describe
Venezuela as an enemy," the report said.
Americans are most ambivalent about China and Russia, which have turned into
capitalist competitors from former Cold War communist rivals.
"Twenty-seven percent say Russia is an enemy, while 17 percent describe it as an
ally," the report said. "But 50 percent think of Russia as somewhere in between."
"Similarly, with China, 26 percent say the Asian powerhouse is an enemy of
America's, but 19 percent say an ally," it said. "Again, the majority (51%) view
China as somewhere in between an ally and an enemy."
On Pakistan, America's ally in the war on terrorism, only 12 percent view it as
an ally.
"Twenty-eight percent say Pakistan is an enemy, and again a majority (53%)
believe it's somewhere in between," the report said.
hdh@yna.co.kr
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is seen as the biggest security threat to the United States, a U.S. pollster said Wednesday.
"Seventy-five percent of Americans describe North Korea as an enemy of the United
States," while "Iran is seen an enemy by 70 percent of adults," Rasmussen
Reports, an electronic public opinion pollster, said in releasing the outcome of
the survey of 1,000 Americans conducted between Aug. 6 and 9.
"Both are developing nuclear weapons and refuse to listen to the United Nations
and other international mediators who are trying to talk them out of it," the
report said. "They are also the nations that sizable majorities of Americans
consider to be the biggest enemies of the United States."
Iraq and Afghanistan followed with 41 percent and 40 percent each.
"While U.S. troops are still on schedule to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, 64
percent of U.S. voters say the war there is not over," the report said. "The
Obama administration has been shifting troops into Afghanistan, but 83 percent
expect the president will have to send in more U.S. troops in the next year or
so."
Next comes Venezuela.
"The trash-talking president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has earned his country
the next position on the enemies' list: 34 percent of Americans describe
Venezuela as an enemy," the report said.
Americans are most ambivalent about China and Russia, which have turned into
capitalist competitors from former Cold War communist rivals.
"Twenty-seven percent say Russia is an enemy, while 17 percent describe it as an
ally," the report said. "But 50 percent think of Russia as somewhere in between."
"Similarly, with China, 26 percent say the Asian powerhouse is an enemy of
America's, but 19 percent say an ally," it said. "Again, the majority (51%) view
China as somewhere in between an ally and an enemy."
On Pakistan, America's ally in the war on terrorism, only 12 percent view it as
an ally.
"Twenty-eight percent say Pakistan is an enemy, and again a majority (53%)
believe it's somewhere in between," the report said.
hdh@yna.co.kr
