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World News See other World News Articles Title: Fake News and Conspiracy Theories Causing Americans to Lose Faith in the Necessity of War Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Liz Cheney are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. And still, they both agree that American military intervention is necessary all over the world. Sadly, the people they were elected to represent are losing faith in American values due to the proliferation of false theories and canards on social media and TikTok. As racism rises across America as a result of Donald Trump, QAnon, and other forms of white supremacy, Americans are losing faith in the values of democracy and embracing debunked conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes and canards. As a result of our dangerous social media environment, fewer Americans are believing in the proven need for the American military to invade countries and help them to develop women’s rights and equality for the LGBTQ community and protect the territorial integrity of the state of Israel. Reuters: A majority of Americans want more U.S. diplomatic engagement and a plurality want fewer U.S. troops stationed abroad, according to a survey taken as the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan took place. The survey, reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, was designed by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Eurasia Group Foundation and conducted Aug. 27-Sept. 1. It found that 58.3% believe the United States should engage more in negotiations on issues such as climate change, human rights and migration. It also found 21.6% believe the United States should engage less, while 20.1% had no opinion. Of the 2,168 surveyed, 42.3% believe the United States should cut the number of troops in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, reduce its commitments to defend countries there and gradually shift regional security responsibility to allies. The poll, which Reuters reviewed prior to its Wednesday release, found 32.2% believed the United States should either maintain or boost its troops abroad, while 25.5% had no opinion. Another finding of the survey was that a majority of Americans are anti-Semitic, and falsely believe the discredited canard (which many scholars believe is also a trope) that it is possible to negotiate with Iran. Fewer than half support defending Israel by starting a war against Iran to prevent their aggression and protect women and gays. 62.6% support reviving nuclear talks with Iran and seeking an agreement that prevents its development of nuclear weapons, while 37.4% oppose talks and favor pressuring Iran with economic sanctions to keep it from obtaining such arms. Perhaps most shockingly of all, the survey found that fewer than half of Americans believe that America should fight a war with China in order to defend democracy in Taiwan. 42.2% believe the U.S. military should defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China, 16.2% believe it should not, and 41.6% were unsure. Anachronistically, many of the same conspiracy theorists and anti-Semites opposed to war with China to defend Taiwan believe that asylum seekers fleeing the repercussions of the brutal civil war in Haiti represent a “danger” to America. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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