Thursday, August 28, 2008

But not that tiny ...63% of us favor whacking Iran if diplomacy fails

"Iran, Cuba, Venezuela,
iran_is_tiny_obama.jpgthese countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union," Obama said.

"They don't pose a serious threat to us " May 18, 2008

Sixty-three percent of Americans say that if diplomacy fails to solve the Iranian nuclear crisis, they would approve of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, a new poll has found.

The poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and commissioned by The Israel Project, also finds that 87% of US voters feel that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to the US.

Meanwhile, 80% of Americans said it was likely Iran would use nuclear weapons if it acquired them.

The threat of Iran is apparently felt across the political spectrum, with 85% of Democrats and 97% of Republicans believing the Islamic Republic represents a serious threat to the US.

However, 62% of those polled also felt that it was still possible to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

Sorry, but that's a dream, folks. That's okay if you are prepared for the reality.

The approval rate for American military action against Iran was lower than that of an Israeli operation, with 55% supporting targeted strikes by the US and its allies.
Sigh....the american people are beleaguered and need leadership. Bush has FAILED as we can see from this number. 80% feel Iran would use nukes, but only slightly over half want to do something about that, the rest praying that Israel under Olmert/Livni would take action AND succeed. Puuuuuuulllleeeeeeeeeeeeeze !

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The West doesn't NEED to attack Iran or use Nukes.
As I hear MOST Iranians do not fully support the Government or the President or the Imams and Mullahs,but like the bullied Germans in the mid 20th century dare not disobey.
Muslims NEED to be either freed from their 7th century beliefs
or forced to "come out".

Two or three conventional missiles aimed at the Ka'aba in Mecca and the two mosques on Temple Mount would either force them to become a convential army - or make them say "ah well" and discard their mantle and become true world citizens without the chains of Islam.
WHAT a diplomatic incident! But then who would know who did it anyway? Actually a few RPGs might be as good - and just WHO did it?
True they will blame the US whatever but they even blamed the US (and Jews) for 9/11. Islam spawns a blame culture . Could NEVER be them. Perhaps we should learn from their example!

The Muslims are NEVER to blame.
They ARE after all better than anyone else (except the women that is - and ARABS are best of all - a fact most non-Arab Muslims fail to
realise.) the Pakistanis in an Islamic State would at best be 2nd class citizens.

Then again if we leave them alone their inter-sect fighting will eliminate many more than will be eliminated by East-West wars.
So much for the Umma and the Brotherhood then. (BOTH fictitious and supremacist.)
Is it REALLY true that a Pakistani peasant with NO education, limited intelligence, work-shy, and living in disgusting conditions is ACTUALLY better than me?
I don't think so but Islam does. They even claim that I am "dirty".
I do not claim to be better than them but THEY claim to be better than me. The peasant, freed from the constraints of Islam might well bossom

Funny how they want to come here to the UK then.
No doubt the free welfare benefits are just as good as jizyya and, if they can manage it then tax evasion is another good rip-off. After all it is "cultural".

Sorry to be so cynical but it really PISSES me off that apparently POOR immigrants can run around in top of the range vehicles and much else within very few yearswith FREQUENT flights to the homeland. Rather BEYOND MY finances and I am well off but many of these people are still relatively poor.

An Iranian recently convicted of murdering his "voluntary" Police Officer wife ADMITTED in court that they BOTH massively understated their profits (she ran a hairdressing business) TO EVADE TAX.
It is a widespread practice and reflects what happened "back home" (and they really DO think of
it as "home")
The women in particular STILL do not speak English even if they've been her for 40 years.
NOT speculation. I KNOW it from personal experience.

So TAKE OUT the Ka'aba and deal with the fallout! If I only HAD access to Mecca (and non-muslims do not) then I'd happily do it for the benefit of ALL mankind.

The fallout? Well I'd guess it would cause the confusion caused when one destroys an ants nest

Just a thought

JB UK