Australia, Germany, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Korea, UK, each 1%<\/p>\n

Americans,<\/strong> heavily influenced by DOD\/CIA\/White House\/State Department misinformation and propaganda delivered via corporate-owned media outlets, named Iran the top threat<\/strong>. Afghanistan came in second, but, most interestingly, Americans voted the U.S. among the most threatening nations, in a tie for third place with North Korea.<\/p>\n

The rest of the world, being at the effect of it, has good reason to fear US militarism. But, Americans are beginning to wake up to how the military\/corporate\/intelligence\/NATO complex, and the violence and chaos it spreads around the world, is a major cause of our\u00a0economic and social\u00a0problems at home. A bloated military budget, is only the tip of the iceberg, the equally large \u201cblack budget\u201d is below the surface, hidden from view, without Congressional oversight. Both budgets serve the elite, while education, housing, health care, infrastructure and transportation\u2014the things we desperately need at home\u2014suffer.<\/p>\n