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49% of Americans in favor of Iran strike
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 10.02.12, 16:00
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31. I'm another American in favor of wiping Iran off the map!!!!
William ,   Beirut, Lebanon   (02.10.12)
32. FIGURES ARE DISTORTED..........#6
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (02.10.12)
As more than 50% of Americns don't even know where Iran is,to start with.Furthermore,they also don't realise the consequence to follow should USA attack Iran.The percentage is much more higher against any attack. Well,even if it was what you believe,what will the Americans do?Get more coffins back into their country after the Iraq and Afghanistan 'sorry' scenerio?
33. #9, pretending to be an American again
Fanni   (02.10.12)
"From the thousands of people whom I know...". You're not American. The biggest mental institution in the U.S. only has 1,400 patients.
34. Thank you, Salim Abdul "spyguy" (EOM)
Tom ,   USA   (02.10.12)
35. Minimilize Civilian Casualties
Zivron   (02.11.12)
The strike if it occurs ought to be targetted on the mad mullahs the Barbarian Iranian Guard and the Holocaust Denial Fraudsters.
36. Israel has proven
Mike Shore ,   Dallas, USA   (02.10.12)
For those who complain about a double standard saying why should Israel have nukes when Iran can not. Deep down you know the answer. If Israel in fact has nukes, they are doomsday weapons. Or holocaust insurance. Iran on the other hand has leaders who kill and suppress their own people and in a fanatical way could use a nuke weapon offensively in the name of hate and religion. So deep down those of you that equate Israel and Iran know you are kidding yourselves.
37. really doesn't matter
Robert ,   Farmington,wv   (02.10.12)
Really doesn't matter because the Muslim President doesn't support a strike. The only thing the Muslim president supports is sinking us into a deeper hell.
38. #32 We know where the Iranasauras roam
Cynthia ,   USA   (02.10.12)
And we understand the consequences of not stopping a nuclear Iran. Your favorite monkey reminds us regularly of how he'll fire missiles and send suicide bombers to our soil. We see how Iranians have already become slaves and watched the Iranian killing machine in Syria. The Regime makes quite a good case for their own demise.
39. A survey of American high-schoolers found that
Mark Wilson ,   U.S.A   (02.10.12)
40% of those polled believed that Russia is a county in New England...
40. 51% of USA support strike on Israel, ha ha!
ken ,   burma at peace   (02.10.12)
41. Israel libre !
Jorge Stern ,   Mexico   (02.10.12)
time to teach those Islamists a lesson they will never forget !!!!!
42. #7 Probably because we watch the..
Chris.B ,   Australia   (02.11.12)
the same news sources as Americans and are bombarded with American Movies and Media. When is the last time you watched a news story or movie openly critizing Israel?
43. 29&33: I am in the service industry, see all kinda people
Jo ,   USA   (02.11.12)
and rest assured that none of them cares about Israel or Iran, they have more pressing problems here at home than Israel's concern about Iran. Having said that, Israel can go ahead wipe Iran off the map as it did to Palestine, but post-Iraq Americans can't be lied to one more time especially the stakes are very high this time and again we need to cure the problems created by Iraq war rather than starting all over again with new mideast wars to appease Israel's fears that it will lost its nuke monopoly in the mideast.
44. This poll is FOS
Nina ,   NYC   (02.11.12)
All you have to do is check the comments and the recommendations on every single paper (NYT, WP, HP, you name it). The poll must've been cooked up or conducted in boro park.
45. Here's how it could be done bloodlessly
Elad Lending ,   Yahel, Israel   (02.11.12)
Detonate the required number on nuclear bombs in the stratosphere, creating an electro-magnetic pulse wave that would fry ALL non-hardened electronics on the ground underneath the blasts. Let's see the Iranians try to resist a modern army without vehicles, electrical system, or communications. It would be over in days, if not hours, and casualties would be minimal.
46. Nice warmongering talkbacks here
(02.11.12)
and you guys wonder why Iran wants the nuclear bomb. If I was Iran I would build nukes as fast as possible. The only chance to hold US and Israel at bay.
47. It's a good thing US foreign policy isn't conducted by polls
esnuffnstl ,   USA   (02.11.12)
...at least since Clinton's presidency, anyway. The numbers seem about right to me, with the key being "if Iran had a nuclear weapon." If the question is whether Americans want a strike on Iran today, the percentage would be much lower (maybe 30-35%.)
48. LET'S DO IT!!!!!
Alan L. ,   Seattle USA   (02.11.12)
But face it, if it ever gets done, Israel will have to do it, or at least lead the way. Netanyahu, do you hear the Amalekites out there?
49. 48 Alan - The Marines are looking for a few Good Men
Mark of Lewiston ,   Lewiston, USA   (02.11.12)
Saddle Up! Pardner.
50. #42 - We don't watch BBC, SkyNews or CNN International.
Henry from New York ,   USA   (02.11.12)
Just because you listen to our music and see some of our action and drama films doesn't mean you know about how we think politically though. I would say since last watching a Joseph Cedar film or the last time I read the NY Times, so fairly recently. A lot of media is very critical of Israel. You would know that if you did in fact get the same media as us.
51. #44 - talkbacks are usually the thoughts of extremists.
Henry from New York ,   USA   (02.11.12)
They're not a very good measurement of how the "public" feels.
52. # 51...but Ynet is a good indication of what Israeli's think
Edithann ,   USA   (02.11.12)
TATA
53. this poll shows that
Benjamin Milikofsky ,   Miami Florida   (02.11.12)
49% of Americans play the "Call of Duty" video game
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