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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: DiogenesLamp

I’d like to think if Biden was conducting this war I would not publicly denounce it. The troops always have my support no matter who the POTUS is at the time. Can you Explain why these TDS helpers of terrorist states feel the need to post what is IMO cyber treason?


141 posted on 07/30/2026 9:00:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: rlmorel
You are one of the “Trump was led around by the Jooos” people.

It's so obvious to everyone that Netanyahu (and billionaire Zionists like Miriam Adelson and Larry Ellison) influence Trump's Mideast policy.

Nobody is buying that "Joooos" slur anymore. You might as well toss it in the dustbin of history, along with similar such outworn accusations as "racist" and "homophobe."

142 posted on 07/30/2026 9:00:57 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Alberta's Child

Draw a line mentally between the tops of 2017 and 2001 light blue bars.

The amount above is largely the DoD marginal cost of intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. Without using a ruler, I eyeball the increased costs at about $2 trillion. I say largely because GWB Jr. also supported other military budget increases.

That $2 trillion excludes VA costs for disabled veterans and the loss of likely earned income.

But he said "EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS". Other people said something similar.

What matters financially is the marginal cost.

Soldiers still draw pay and medical benefits while in the USA. They also build up retirement rights while in the USA.

Weapons depreciate because technology changes. B-29s and F-4s have been retired.

143 posted on 07/30/2026 9:02:51 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (The data centers might be hunting down guns. Black tape device cameras and PC microphones.)
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To: volare737
A tried-and-true tactic of the neocon warmongers is to treat extraordinarily low-probability events like they are imminent threats. That way they can hysterically dismiss any voices of reason that recommend incremental containment measures and diplomacy.

Honestly, I don't even think Trump was swayed by them. He simply thought this was going to be another Venezuela and over with in a week.

And as his dearly departed good buddy Lindsey Graham pointed out in a yet-to-be-released documentary, "Trump loves blowing stuff up."

144 posted on 07/30/2026 9:03:17 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: PrairieLady2

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

From what I’ve read:

20% were rebels
20% were loyalists
60% just wanted to be left alone


145 posted on 07/30/2026 9:04:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: T.B. Yoits

LOL!!


146 posted on 07/30/2026 9:04:32 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: rlmorel

Yes, I did say that. I don’t know what point you’re now trying to make. Other than proving that you did twist my words in your earlier post.


147 posted on 07/30/2026 9:04:43 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: hcmama

Agreed, I cite his repeated statement that this operation would take “4 to 6 weeks, maybe less”. We are now on “4 to 6 months, maybe more” with no end in sight.


148 posted on 07/30/2026 9:06:10 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: cableguymn

If he held a formal press conference focused on the Iran problem the media would have to carry it because their own reporters are there. But I get your point. The media is never going to fairly cover him, or any Republican (at any level) for that matter.


149 posted on 07/30/2026 9:06:28 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: hcmama

A bunch of fake polls grouped together by the fake press.


150 posted on 07/30/2026 9:07:00 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.

Thank God these guys prevented that!


151 posted on 07/30/2026 9:08:04 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: bray
Fake poll by fake media.

More like a hate poll by hate media. See Tagline.

152 posted on 07/30/2026 9:08:53 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: hcmama

“Do you believe any of them?”

I was a data analyst for 17 years, I know how easily it is to manipulate numbers.....polls can say whatever you want just by what questions are asked and HOW they are asked

I don’t believe any poll....even if it’s favorable to my point of view.


153 posted on 07/30/2026 9:09:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Leaning Right

20% were rebels
20% were loyalists
60% just wanted to be left alone

************

As they say “success has many fathers” so eventually the vast majority would claim to have been supporters. ;)


154 posted on 07/30/2026 9:09:43 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: volare737

“The operative word there is IMMINENT!”

The time to have stopped Hitler wasn’t August 30th, 1939.

The time that matters is when the kicking the can down the road can no longer be tolerated.

The German ranter was serious, and so are the Iranian “death to America” ranters.


155 posted on 07/30/2026 9:09:51 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (The data centers might be hunting down guns. Black tape device cameras and PC microphones.)
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To: Trump20162020

Idiots! Averting nuclear war was certainly worth it.


156 posted on 07/30/2026 9:09:54 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: Leaning Right

The American people were grumbling about the Pacific War in 1945 and would never have tolerated the planned invasion of Japan. “Focus point” or not. The losses to American military forces would have approached the horrific losses suffered(often in a single week of battle!)by the totalitarian Soviets in WWII.

Americans will never again commit to an extended, all-out war unless it’s a foreign invasion or civil war. And I’m not too sure about that.


157 posted on 07/30/2026 9:11:50 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: Trump20162020

We need the world to buy oil from us in order to keep the doors open. It’s worth it in that regard.


158 posted on 07/30/2026 9:12:00 AM PDT by youngidiot (Race is irrelevant to everyone except the racists )
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To: libertylover

+1 You nailed it.


159 posted on 07/30/2026 9:12:01 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: unread
"Watch and see how those whining about the war will squeal like stuck pigs when they are forced to spend better than six or seven bucks a gallon for gas. And it will be all Trump’s fault..."

How out of touch can you be? Trump gave his State of the Union address this year on February 24. He bragged about low gas prices. This is a direct quote from the speech:

"Gasoline, which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states under my predecessor — it was quite honestly a disaster — is now below $2.30 a gallon in most states. And in some places, $1.99 a gallon. And when I visited the great state of Iowa just a few weeks ago, I even saw $1.85 a gallon for gasoline."

Then of course four days later he launched a war which has has the current national average for a gallon of gas at $4.10.

Very rarely is it this crystal clear whose fault gas prices are. You can scream about Biden refusing to drill ANWR or whatever till the cows come home, this is something even the most apathetic, low information voter out there can tell: The policy that led to the higher gas prices (Iran War) and whose bright idea it was (Trump).

160 posted on 07/30/2026 9:12:42 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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