Here is an interesting poll

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Let me start out by saying I am NOT a big fan of polls, because the questions can have you saying that Hitler was a great man, depending on how they are worded.

But this is an interesting poll, because it seems to contradict what so many people seem to think.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1379

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A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.

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When asked which presidential candidate would be best equipped to deal with Iran - regardless of whether or not they expected the U.S. to attack Iran - 21% would most like to see New York U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the country, while 15% would prefer former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and 14% would want Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain in charge. Another 10% said Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would be best equipped to deal with Iran, while Republican Fred Thompson (5%), Democrat John Edwards (4%) and Republican Mitt Romney (3%) were less likely to be viewed as the best leaders to help the U.S. deal with Iran. The telephone poll of 1,028 likely voters nationwide was conducted Oct. 24-27, 2007 and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.

So, while I am not a big believer in polls, this one is interesting.

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95% of American's say Mr. Bush is our Worst Ever President. Would you agree?

Those same people are supporting his wars. Go figure!

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mysteryman wrote:

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1379

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A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.

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The first 51% are the people that Bush & Co. has managed to turn into a bunch of wussy, bomb shelter building cowards by telling them scary stories about Muslims (or should I say Terrorists). There is another 1% of Americans who would love to see us drop a nuclear bomb on a bunch of Arabs, and they know Bush is their best bet to accommodate their fantasy. The other 48% of Americans understand that Ahmadinejad is just a big mouth bully like Bush, but with less political power, and they have faith that the checks and balances in our government will work to prevent another military disaster.

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Zippo wrote:

95% of American's say Mr. Bush is our Worst Ever President. Would you agree?

Those same people are supporting his wars. Go figure!

Have you got a link to ANY type of poll that agrees with your comment?

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Green Witch wrote:

mysteryman wrote:

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1379

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A majority of likely voters - 52% - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.

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The first 51% are the people that Bush & Co. has managed to turn into a bunch of wussy, bomb shelter building cowards by telling them scary stories about Muslims (or should I say Terrorists). There is another 1% of Americans who would love to see us drop a nuclear bomb on a bunch of Arabs, and they know Bush is their best bet to accommodate their fantasy. The other 48% of Americans understand that Ahmadinejad is just a big mouth bully like Bush, but with less political power, and they have faith that the checks and balances in our government will work to prevent another military disaster.

So apparently you didnt actually READ the poll and the results, did you?

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I did, and the majority of the 1058 people asked, is in the military resp.
military families.

Out of the 1058 people asked, 210 see Hilary leading the country,
152 Guiliani, and 147 for McCain, 107 for Obama, but 200 had no opinion at all.

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Supporting a strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb is not the same thing as bombing Iran because Bush says they are about to build a nuclear bomb.

I would seriously consider a strike to prevent them from getting a bomb but I trust the IAEA more than I do the Bush administration when it comes to the facts on the ground. I think it is completely false to think that this can be translated into 52% support Bush striking Iran now. Iran is at least 3-5 years from even being close to a bomb.

So to finalize my feelings..

Do I think we should prevent Iran from getting the bomb? Yes.
Do I think Bush is stupid enough to attack Iran without confirming facts and considering the consequences? Hell YES.

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