From a letter to the NYT today from Ilya Shlyakhter Re Obamas - TopicsExpress



          

From a letter to the NYT today from Ilya Shlyakhter Re Obamas weakness or ours?, by Nicholas Kristof (column, June 26) Fair assessment of foreign policy requires knowledge of the politics, history and geography of the relevant foreign lands. Do Americans have that? In a poll conducted in March, just 16% of Americans correctly located Ukraine on the map. The further their answer was from Ukraines true location, the more likely they were to support military intervention. In a comparison with the British & the Scandinavians. Americans ranked last in a 2009 survey of familiarity with current world events.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:02:22 +0000

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