It's not just WWII. In the 80s and 90s, a lot of Americans were concerned that Japanese businesses would take over everything (now, that concern has shifted to China).
Where's Canada? I'm telling you now USA; those drug dealing Snow Mexicans are tunneling in under your border fences and their coming for your daughters! I've warned you...
Nice updated version! <3 Interesting recent swing back to mid 20th century type answers, seems like Cold War II is realer than ever nowadays. I wonder if without the current virus China would’ve still figured so highly this year though??
One noticeable thing here for me is the rapid rise of Russia in this list. I would bet it has to do with media coverage of Russia's supposed influence in the US election and perhaps Russia's involvement in the Syrian civil war and Ukraine.
Or maybe it has to do with Russia's influence in the US election? Which was a real thing that happened. Just a thought.
... could also be Russia actively meddling in elections all over the world notably in Europe, trying to bring down NATO and Western democracy, propping up nationalists and Nazis and populists and nativists and those given to identity politics and other undesirables because these people inspire disunity and strife, invading and occupying sovereign nations to redraw borders through military conquest for the first time in Europe since the end of World War 2, Putin's obvious desire to resurrect the Soviet Union, the shooting down of commercial passenger airlines, the shameless murder of numerous critics of the regime both within Russia's borders and abroad, and their support of Donald Trump who remains the single greatest threat to the present international order and prosperity of the world. Could be that, too.
??? After that list of stuff Putin is doing you still think Trump is a bigger threat to world prosperity? Oops, just now realized this comment was from 2020...
Currently with Trump mostly out of power at Mar-a-Lardo and mired in legal troubles, and Putin threatening to annex parts of Ukraine? No. Putin is clearly a bigger threat at present. But that has the potential to change.
Funny that Americans still see Iraq as a threat, when it was the US who invaded them by lying that they had weapons of mass destruction (which they didn't). Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths has been the result of it, and George W. Bush who was the one who invaded Iraq has not been penalized of his war crimes.
Japan was a nastier ennemy than Germany during WW2 (attacked Pearl Harbor, treated American POWs much worse, used kamikazes and was the last to surrender), and wasn't changed as much as Germany after the war. Hirohito remained the emperor until his death in the 80s, and if you don't know their current naval flag, you'll be surprised.
This may be why. But a score of 1% here is nearly statistical noise.
If you look at the years, it makes sense. Keep in mind that the 2001 poll was done BEFORE September 11. And by 2005, the U.S. had already established a new regime which could hardly be considered an enemy. So maybe Americans aren't so ignorant after all?
2% of Americans equates to over six and a half million people, who started eating “freedom fries” cos Cheney and Rumsfeld told them to. Not to mention more than three million people who think Japan is still your enemy. Jokes mate, it would be too funny if it didn’t explain current American politics so well…
They have been a U.S. ally for years. Not sure why people would have a grudge against them. Possibly growing support for India makes people dislike Pakistan. Again, not too sure on why some people don't like Pakistan.
It would be cool to see this going back to the founding of the country. Obviously no polls, but based on collections of news reports or something.
It really does show it's the governments, not the people, that are the biggest threat. Or in other cases America's government putting out propaganda (Iraq, Russia, France).
nitpicky maybe but how come one of the grey boxes saying "U.S itself" is in parenthesis and the rest arent? parenthesis should be removed there to match all the other grey box answers
France opposed the US intervention in Iraq in 2005. The US government didn't like this but I think we can all agree now that this intervention led to tens of thousands of people dying for no reason...
And if the NHL ever gets a new expansion team it's over
... could also be Russia actively meddling in elections all over the world notably in Europe, trying to bring down NATO and Western democracy, propping up nationalists and Nazis and populists and nativists and those given to identity politics and other undesirables because these people inspire disunity and strife, invading and occupying sovereign nations to redraw borders through military conquest for the first time in Europe since the end of World War 2, Putin's obvious desire to resurrect the Soviet Union, the shooting down of commercial passenger airlines, the shameless murder of numerous critics of the regime both within Russia's borders and abroad, and their support of Donald Trump who remains the single greatest threat to the present international order and prosperity of the world. Could be that, too.
For some reason I guessed them both, but not USA ITSELF.
What a plot twist.
I was actually thinking of typing it as a joke but I didn't smh, only other I missed was Libya I guessed Algeria and Egypt but not Libya
This may be why. But a score of 1% here is nearly statistical noise.
That's also why Afghanistan wasn't even on the radar in 2001 despite something happening in september.
2% of Americans equates to over six and a half million people, who started eating “freedom fries” cos Cheney and Rumsfeld told them to. Not to mention more than three million people who think Japan is still your enemy. Jokes mate, it would be too funny if it didn’t explain current American politics so well…
They have been a U.S. ally for years. Not sure why people would have a grudge against them. Possibly growing support for India makes people dislike Pakistan. Again, not too sure on why some people don't like Pakistan.
It really does show it's the governments, not the people, that are the biggest threat. Or in other cases America's government putting out propaganda (Iraq, Russia, France).