Will the American public buy the New Cold War with Russia?

[yurbud]

Last summer, the American people prevented Washington from becoming more directly involved in the war in Syria.

Now Washington seems to think they can crank up a new Cold War with Russia over this business with Ukraine.

Are they American people going to buy it?

3 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	YES
	1 (33%)
	ONLY if Putin directly attacks Western Europe or does something equally stupid elsewhere
	1 (33%)
	ONLY if Putin directly attacks the United States
	0 (0%)
	NO we have access to too many sources of information for the war propaganda to work
	0 (0%)
	NO the American people have war fatigue and want our money spent on domestic concerns
	0 (0%)
	NO too many sources of info AND war fatigue
	0 (0%)
	other
	1 (33%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Scuba]

1. I'm pretty sure almost no one in DC gives a shit what the American people want.

[yurbud]

6. they definitely don't, but public opinion does have the ability to bite them on the ass occasionally

[1000words]

2. Plenty of DUers have ...

And considering what thinkers they are, Americans of lesser intellect are sure to fall in line.

[yurbud]

13. there is a small, hardcore of "centrist Democrats" here who know how to make their numbers and

popularity of their views seem much greater than reality.

[TBF]

3. They shouldn't - but you know they will. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Take out the trash often

[dilby]

5. Seems to be the one thing Repubs and Dems have in common right now is a hatred for Commies.

You can thank Raygun for this, me personally there is nothing in Eastern Europe worth the lives of American children.

[yurbud]

7. Is anything in Russia commie anymore? I thought they went straight to Somali capitalism

after collapse of the Soviet Union.

[frazzled]

8. There is no cold war

At least not on the part of the official administration. As President Obama made very clear in the speech he delivered to the entire world in Brussels last month:

“Understand as well, this is not another Cold War that we’re entering into. After all, unlike the Soviet Union, Russia leads no bloc of nations, no global ideology. Nor does the United States, or NATO, seek any conflict with Russia.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/obama-ukraine-not-another-cold-war-105058.html#ixzz2zpaTYERv

So the only suggestion being made that there is a new cold war (besides the ramblings of mischievous Republicans), exists in this poll. When did you stop beating your wife?

[RobertEarl]

14. Interesting this: "Global ideology"

Russia, says Obama, has no Global Ideology.

Is he saying the US does have a global ideology? Maybe the Obama experts can chime in here? YES, or no?

[yurbud]

24. that was a month ago

[MohRokTah]

9. Other.

Push Poll.

[JoePhilly]

10. So the American people stopped a war in Syria, but they are too stupid to

stop a cold war?

[NuclearDem]

11. Russia is not the Soviet Union, and this isn't a Cold War.

[RobertEarl]

12. Pretty much all republican voters

And then there are the warmongers of indie and dem stripes.

Of course we spend just 700 billion$ every year to make sure when we go hot, we'll hit the spot. It is pretty much the interest of every living thing on this little blue ball spinning in space that we ......... be careful. Obama knows this.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Erect bogeyman, wave flag, give more money to the MIC to "protect" us.

Lotsa flags, lotsa constipated looking generals in fatigues, lotsa politicians we have to look strong.

Works every time.

[Junkdrawer]

16. How long will The World lend us the money to shake them down?

"If you don't lend me another $Trillion, they'll repossess the guns I have to your head."

That, in a nutshell, is our "Economy".

[Junkdrawer]

18. "Oh. And I won't be able to make the interest payments, either."

"I'm good for it".

Where's Pat Oliphant when you need him?

[jazzimov]

17. WTF?

Last summer, the American people prevented Washington from becoming more directly involved in the war in Syria.

So, the american people are the ones who talked Russia into talking Assad into negotiating destruction of their gas? The threat of cruise missles (no "boots on the ground&quot had nothing to do with it?

[Rex]

19. I'm sorry, but after the Iraq Invasion - generations growing up know now that war

is a racket by the PTB. NOBODY is going to buy a new Cold War. Well the asshole RWingers will, but they would have us all dead and burning ashes of a nation by now...IE they are INSANE.

[icymist]

20. If you think that what is going on now is like the Cold War...

Then I don't know what to think of you. My goodness! You want the cold war back?! Asshole! You have no idea what that was like. Idiot! So there's my answer to your fabulously stupid question; HELL NO!!!!

[yurbud]

22. I'm old enough to remember the Cold War, and the black and white rhetoric

is pretty damn similar.

I don't want it back, but it's clear that a lot of people in Washington do.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

21. Not *this* American people,

so I voted no. Other than a handful of anti-Putin (because Snowden!) loudmouths on DU, I wouldn't even venture a guess as to what the American people are thinking. I've tuned it out.

[yurbud]

23. If whoever has the Snowden docs has a bigger bombshell to drop, this would be a good time to do so

I wonder if he leaked anything on the traffic between Bandar and the 9/11 hijackers and Bandar and the Bush admin for example--maybe even some emails or recordings.