Poll: US Voters Disagree With Government Policy on Latin America

[EFerrari]

10/05/2008 12:01 PM
Poll: US Voters Disagree With Government Policy on Latin America


According to the latest Zogby poll concerning US attitudes to South America, Washington’s policies towards region are at sharp odds with public opinion.

The poll shows that 60% of likely voters favor a change in US policy towards Cuba while 76% of people asked believe the war on drugs is failing.

The poll also shows that 85% of people likely to vote for Obama in the forthcoming US election support improving diplomatic relations with Venezuela ,a figure which drops to 15% among McCain voters polled.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=73804

I believe this is the direct link:

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1568

[Judi Lynn]

1. Such good news. We learn a majority of Americans are able to start seeing through

all that fog of propaganda which pours out of the corporate media every single day in order to pump up public support for hostile actions against the enemy of the moment.

You've probably heard that Russians have told Americans they see Americans as naive and ignorant since Russians learned a long time ago to be able to get a truer sense of news stories by training themselves to note what WASN'T included in the news they got through Pravda, etc.

[Bacchus39]

4. odd, the story is right there in the news

yes, I am sure Russians are glad the days are gone when the news was what the government thought it should be always wondering what the truth really was. I don't know much about their current media though but I am sure the internet is widely available.

maybe Cuba will have free access to all sorts of media one day too. Lets hope so!!!

[EFerrari]

2. Where are the Chavez haters and the Cuba haters and the posters

who continually try to convince this board that Latin America is going to hell?

lol

Where are you?

[Bacchus39]

3. yep, and support Obama's policy like what he laid out in Miami

other than the war on drugs and the Cuban embargo (though I am somewhat indifferent on that), I support his latin america policies. I believe it was you who pitched a fit after reading Obama's speech.

he just called Venezuela a rogue state, of course he was referring to the leader and not the country. with that, no argument from me.

going to hell, I don't recall ever hearing that. I certainly don't believe that.

p.s.

Reyes is dead and Betancourt is free.

[EFerrari]

5. Obama spoke to an organization that funds terrorism.

Yes, people of conscience objected. And Betancourt is free because Chavez and others shamed Uribe into action.

[Bacchus39]

6. easy recommendations for Obama to improve relations with Venezuela

1. Tell Chavez the US is NOT planning to assassinate him. Very easy to do since Chavez's claims have never been true

2. Tell Chavez that the US is NOT planning to invade Venezuela. Again, very easy to do since there has never been any threat of a US invasion.

3. Tell Chavez that the US will not use Colombia as a proxy to invade Venezuela. Again, it has never been true that Colombia will invade Ven on behalf of the US.


There are 3 things Obama can do to improve relations but in all reality it requires Obama to do nothing more than tell it like it is.



Betancourt and the other hostages are free thanks to Uribe and the Colombian military, as well as the stupidity of the FARC.

[EFerrari]

7. Take your rightwing nonsense over to Free Republic

where it is welcomed. :hi:

ETA: WTI

[Judi Lynn]

8. The whole world was clamoring for Uribe to get her out. He had already taken

forever up until public pressure moved him to do something.

Had she not had international interest, she'd still be there, especially since she was a political adversary.

Remember Uribe's military bombed the area the first two hostages were attempting to negotiate, after promising he'd leave it alone. They had to flee for their lives many miles back to their starting point to find shelter, and the release was aborted at that point.

That was when Hugo Chavez had originally made the arrangement, and the world was watching, again. Uribe didn't want Chavez getting a successful conclusion to their efforts, even 'though Uribe WAS the one who invited him to involve himself in securing their release in the first place. Treacherous son of a clown.

[EFerrari]

9. Exactly. Uribe needs FARC much more than they need him.

And I hope that little fascist gets exactly what he deserves one of these day.