Rasmussen Reports: Defending Countries - September 3-6, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Adults conducted September 3-6, 2010

Sometimes, when a country is attacked, the United States provides military assistance to help defend that country. Now, I’m going to read you a short list of countries.  For each, please tell me if the United States should offer military assistance to defend that country if it is attacked?

                                                                                                                                                       

Country	Yes	No	Not Sure
Canada	80%	14%	6%
Great  Britain	74%	17%	9%
Israel	61%	26%	13%
Germany	54%	32%	14%
Mexico	53%	36%	11%
France	46%	38%	16%
Egypt	44%	35%	21%
Japan	43%	44%	13%
Afghanistan	30%	54%	16%
Iraq	29%	55%	16%
Venezuela	27%	55%	18%
Saudi Arabia	25%	58%	17%
Vietnam	24%	58%	17%
Pakistan	23%	57%	19%
Russia	20%	65%	16%
China	18%	66%	16%
North  Korea	11%	77%	12%
Iran	8%	78%	14%

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.



Source: Rasmussen Reports