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New poll delivers brutal verdict on Trump’s Iran war: not worth it
NJ.com ^ | Jul. 30, 2026 | Manny Gómez

Posted on 07/30/2026 7:30:56 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Two-thirds of Americans believe the war in Iran has not been worth fighting.

A new AP-NORC poll found that roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war that began Feb. 28 is not worthwhile. The sentiment is shared by the vast majority of Democrats (87%) and independents (68%), as well as 37% of Republicans.

The AP-NORC poll, conducted July 23-27, surveyed 1,165 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

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To: rlmorel; Angelino97
Boomer has nothing to do with it. I despise the attempts by people to separate Americans of all ages into separate groups and pit them against each other.

To be fair, age has everything to do with it when someone is responding to incessant rants about "we've been at war with them for 47 years."

That doesn't mean a damn thing to anyone younger than the age of 50.

Which explains why there is clearly a very wide chasm between the President (80 years old) and Vice President (who wasn't even alive in 1979 when this "war" allegedly started) of the United States on this stupid Iran debacle.

121 posted on 07/30/2026 8:45:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: Vehmgericht
Iran started this in 492 BC at which time they were one week away from having nuclear weapons.

LOL.

122 posted on 07/30/2026 8:46:08 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: SteelPSUGOP

IIRC, only 10% stood in support of the American revolution.


123 posted on 07/30/2026 8:46:20 AM PDT by PrairieLady2 (USA: Land of the free, Because of the Brave.)
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To: Trump20162020

Peace is better than war, but war is better than slavery. The majority of people are sheep who would rather live on their knees as slaves to Islamic fascists then stand and fight for liberty and freedom. They rely on the bravery and courage of a small minority to secure their rights at great cost, and are too stupid to show gratitude for their sacrifice.


124 posted on 07/30/2026 8:46:37 AM PDT by Dave Wright
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To: rlmorel
Clinton, Obama, and Biden were fully onboard with bribed by an Iran that possessed nuclear weaponry...
125 posted on 07/30/2026 8:48:08 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: Trump20162020

Rasmussen which is not friend of America, just 70% see a nuclear threat from Iran.


126 posted on 07/30/2026 8:48:38 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Trump20162020

thankfully
1 the poll is likely BS
2 we are not governed by polls

that said, Trump needs to finish finish this. the contant back and worth isn’t and won’t work.


127 posted on 07/30/2026 8:50:06 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Why are we putting enemy propaganda on Free Republic?

Don't you think the CIA and Mossad and MI6 read "enemy propaganda" all the time?

What do you want FR to be? An informative place? Or a safe space?

128 posted on 07/30/2026 8:51:20 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Trump20162020

Decades of observation tells us that many high profile public polls are like climate models: created by the agenda driven and configured to “reflect” desired results.


129 posted on 07/30/2026 8:52:12 AM PDT by citizen (All Bush-era RINOs have got to be primaried out.)
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To: shelterguy

no, there was one other one that did something.

Ohblahblah.

he got an agreement worth less than the paper it was writen on and sent them stacks of cash for a promise that they wouldn’t build a nuke.

you never said they had to something good about it


130 posted on 07/30/2026 8:52:36 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: HIDEK6
Clinton, Obama, and Biden were fully onboard with bribed by an Iran that possessed nuclear weaponry...

As opposed to ... ?


131 posted on 07/30/2026 8:52:43 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: Miami Rebel

“””After the success of last year’s Operation Midnight Fury, the Administration has shown zero evidence of an imminent threat. Nada. Zilch. Zero.”””

Let’s wait until the nuke hits us to do anything. CFCS


132 posted on 07/30/2026 8:52:49 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: cableguymn

Not worth it, until of course Iran parks a nuclear warhead in New York and charges tolls on Hormuz.

Absolutely. Not worth it. 47 years of cowardice, and the cowards are weighing in.


133 posted on 07/30/2026 8:53:48 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs (Imagine what we'll know tomorrow.)
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To: Angelino97

You think the massacre of 35,000 protestors had anything to do with Trump’s decision?


134 posted on 07/30/2026 8:55:27 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Vehmgericht
Iran started this in 492 BC at which time they were one week away from having nuclear weapons.



135 posted on 07/30/2026 8:55:30 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Angelino97

A sane place.


136 posted on 07/30/2026 8:55:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: RinaseaofDs
47 years of cowardice, and the cowards are weighing in.

Including 2016-2020 when Trump was President...

...Reagan two terms...

137 posted on 07/30/2026 8:57:33 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Lol…I think Moses also warned us.


138 posted on 07/30/2026 8:57:46 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Starboard

if he tried...

would anyone carry it?
would anyone fairly report on it?


139 posted on 07/30/2026 8:59:04 AM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Dems might be able to impeach Trump, but enough votes to convict / remove are VERY unlikely. Then, even if successful, Vance becomes Prez - a mixed bag, but nowhere near the disaster the mullahs getting nukes would be.

Just what do you think the consequences of Iran getting nukes would be?

Don’t get me wrong, IMO we have made a number of errors, some of which largely predate Trump, and Trump erred in trying to negotiate with Iran after only a few weeks of major ops: “Reasonable” Iranians are NOT in charge, by a long shot, and Iran’s long established “mosaic” strategy pretty much precludes success of any “deal” anyway.

Now, how many posters on FR have mentioned that “mosaic” strategy before now? That pretty much illustrates the ignorance all about. (I myself was only “partially” versed in that strategy, until recently, so I will accept the criticism I was partially ignorant about it too. No one can know even 1% of everything. OTOH, “mosaic” is probably not a fully correct term. “Hydra” might be better.)

BTW, I have yet to hear any of the illustrious know nothings condemning the toppling of Mohammad Mosaddegh and his National Front play out the likely consequences of failure to give him and his the boot. My analysis (summary) is that we very likely would not have won the “Cold War” or maybe even not have it stay “cold”. Iran was MUCH more strategically important than Vietnam, and in Vietnam, at least we did, in the bigger picture, contain communism to very limited gains and even sap it greatly.


140 posted on 07/30/2026 8:59:17 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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