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| US poll: Terrorism not top concern |
| 2010-09-12 |
| [Iran Press] A new survey shows that only one percent of Americans view terrorism as the most important problem the US is facing, nine years after the 9/11 incidents. The Gallup opinion poll released on its website on Friday indicated that 46 percent of Americans thought of terrorism as the most important problem in their country right after the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, the survey mentioned that four days before the September 11 attacks, less than one in 200 people in the US named terrorism as a top problem. The poll suggests that other issues, including the war in Iraq, economy and jobs are on the minds of most Americans these days. "Over the past nine years, Americans have most commonly mentioned the war in Iraq (from 2003 to early 2008) and the economy or jobs (from 2008 to the present) as the top problem facing the country," noted the survey, conducted in late August. However, the poll's respondents said terrorism is still an important issue for them when they are reminded of it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 OOOOPSIES, forgot TOPIX > WERE RUSSIANS [Soviets] HIDING A NUKE IN DC?, since POTUS JFK as sneakily snuck into Cold War Soviet, now Post-Cold War Russian, Embassies + Consulates, in Washington DC + other Major Cities = Diplomatic Posts inside CONUS??? ARTIC goes to show that there are many variable ways to attack a high-profile target other than 9-11-style Suicide-by-Airliner. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-12 23:49 |
| #6 TOPIX/WORLD NEWS/NEWS KERALA > ACHILLES HEEL: US HAS NO STRATEGY TO MEET HOME-GROWN TERROR THREAT + REPORT: US FACES "AMERICANIZATION" OF TERROR THREAT [Domestic + Overseas]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-12 23:41 |
| #5 That will change when Hezbollah detonates a nuclear device in a major American city .... I guess that depends on which city they detonate it in. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2010-09-12 16:38 |
| #4 Gallup begged the question when it arbitrarily separated the war in Iraq from terrorism, as if they were unrelated. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-09-12 13:12 |
| #3 Adolf Hitler wasn't a "top concern" of most Americans in 1936 either. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-12 12:05 |
| #2 Progress? Well, maybe if you call President Obean effing things up so bad that they transcend terrorism "progress". :-) He did say he wanted to be a transformative president, didn't he? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-12 11:49 |
| #1 I suppose one could consider it a sign of progress. That will change when Hezbollah detonates a nuclear device in a major American city .... |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-09-12 11:00 |