I'm not sure I would agree with that statement. For starters, while I agree Americans know relatively little about foreign affairs, I'm not convinced that they know less than the general populace of other countries.
And it's not fair to say we "let" our leaders get us into those wars. We knew what we were told. E.g. with Iraq it looked pretty damning that they had #WMDs.
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I'm not sure I would agree with that statement. For starters, while I agree Americans know relatively little about foreign affairs, I'm not convinced that they know less than the general populace of other countries.
And it's not fair to say we "let" our leaders get us into those wars. We knew what we were told. E.g. with Iraq it looked pretty damning that they had #WMDs.