I, for one, am glad we are enemies with Russia again. I grew up during the cold war, and I loved it. The cold war was peace compared to what we have now, and I’ll take it. We couldn’t elected maniacs and jack-asses like Bush and Cheney because we knew that they’d blow up the world. We believed in science. And we had a chip on our shoulder to prove that capitalism wasn’t as heartless and corrupt as Marx, Khrushchev and Castro said it was. Man, those were the days.
For the first time in more than a decade, Americans feel that Russia is a serious threat to the U.S., according to a new national poll. And they really don’t like Vladimir Putin, either.
According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released today, 69% of those surveyed say Russia is a serious threat to the U.S., a 25-point jump since 2012 and the highest number on that question since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
More than seven in 10 say there is no justification for Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and nearly half believe that a new Cold War is likely in the next few years. As for Putin, he saw a 14-point increase in his unfavorable rating, to 68% from 54% just before the Winter Olympics started in Sochi, Russia, last month.