US survey on Ukraine: desire to intervene vs location knowledge

[Gulo Blue]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...location-the-more-they-want-u-s-to-intervene/

We found that only one out of six Americans can find Ukraine on a map, and that this lack of knowledge is related to preferences: The farther their guesses were from Ukraine?s actual location, the more they wanted the U.S. to intervene with military force.

 

[Michchamp]

some of those dots on the map are in the US! or in the middle of an ocean! I have to think they ought to eliminate those, as no one could be that stupid... I think... right?

but anyways, i think this makes sense. It should just be called "the American Public Intervention Rule" or something, and the gist of it is, "the dumber you are, the more likely you will support military intervention anywhere in the world without regard to the facts."

 

[Gulo Blue]

some of those dots on the map are in the US! or in the middle of an ocean! I have to think they ought to eliminate those, as no one could be that stupid... I think... right?

but anyways, i think this makes sense. It should just be called "the American Public Intervention Rule" or something, and the gist of it is, "the dumber you are, the more likely you will support military intervention anywhere in the world without regard to the facts."

I could see why you might be more in favor of intervention the closer you think Ukraine is to the US.

...unless you think Crimea is in Ohio. If it was in Ohio...just let Russia have it.