New polling shows 70% of our fellow Americans believe ISIS is a major threat, [View all]

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even worse than a nuclear armed North Korea, Russia or China. As an educated woman, I'm obligated to say that I'm supposed to be shocked at the rank stupidity on display in this, the Information Age, we live in, but pragmatically I'm ready to throw in the towel.

Even a 3 second Google search shows that there are only 27,000 and 31,000 foreign fighters who have have joined ICIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria. They rely of theft to fund their operations, they have no air force, no navy, no advanced weapons systems, and no tech that can threaten the US. Unlike the stalwart citizens of Europe who face terrorism with brave determination, Americans have meekly surrendered and let the terrorists win the psychological war. How did that happen?

Which nations or groups do Americans consider to be a major threat to the security of the United States?

Seven in ten, 70%, believe ISIS is a major threat. When asked about North Korea, 61% believe that nation poses grave danger to the United States. Fewer than half of residents nationally, 47%, perceive Russia to be a major threat to America’s security, and only 38% say Syria is a great danger. 30% consider China to be a major threat to the national security of the United States.


http://maristpoll.marist.edu/414-international-tensions-heightened-say-many-americans-trump-approval-rating-at-39/

How does this happen? How did the majority of Americans, living under the protections of the mightiest military force that the world has ever known, come to imagine that a tiny handful of third world barbarians, living on the other side of the planet, armed with primitive blades and homemade bombs, are somehow a threat to us? Even considering the scattered attacks of home grown terrorists (which in no way equals gun violence), what is is that turns so many Americans into whimpering idiots, scared of their own shadows?