Thanks to the left-wing media and the Democrats, half of the American public has no stomach for a ground war.
However, most of America still LOVES a good air war.
This is priceless. Priceless.
Well, I wonder is Mr. Schumer has seen this poll. After all, he and his colleagues reside in the "mainstream" of American thought and customs, don't they?
Those that opposed the invasion in Iraq have to consider what our position would today if we had to move on Iran with Sadaam Hussein still in power.
Right... the Democrats will be for the strike before they're against it.
Moving on to more important matters, we now know exactly where the blood spatters were in the cruise ship cabin of the missing fiance
I am starting to have faith in Americans again.
What the American people would like to see is a total conquest of the Iranian regime. Americans view Iran (and probably Saudi Arabia) as the source of Islamic terrorism and fundamentalism.
If you want to calm Iraq and most of the Middle East, neutralize Iran and Syria.
The recent call for sanctions against Iran in reaction to its restarted nuclear program is incredibly hypocritical (Jan. 23). Why are the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom allowed to possess nuclear energy while Iran is denied the same right? I understand the fear that Iran might produce nuclear weapons, yet all the nations seeking sanctions against Iran possess nuclear weapons of their own. If we are going to demand that Iran not have a nuclear weapons program, we should dismantle our nuclear arsenal as well.
If we are so concerned about nuclear weapons in the Middle East, why have we rejected the Egyptian and Saudi call "that the whole Middle East - including Israel - be declared a nuclear-free zone" (Jan. 17)? Is it any surprise that Iran would want to develop nuclear weapons when Israel possesses such weapons and is capable of reaching Iran with them?
If we want to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weaponry, the first step is to disarm the nuclear arsenals of the nations Iran most fears - Israel and the United States.
Ross Kleinstuber Newark, Del.
From a letter to the editor in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I wonder how many letters they had to sift through to get to one that echos their view.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/13721979.htm
I think we all know that Saddam's Iraq would be right where Iran is today if he had not been toppled.
57% would support military action against Iran? Today? Well, we also know just about how far that percentage would drop when the going got tough. The weaklings would come out of the woodwork again.
Thanks to the left-wing media and the Democrats, half of the American public has no stomach for a ground war.
However, most of America still LOVES a good air war.
Iran did and still does pose a more serious threat, if only because they are ruled by fundamentalist, fanatical, suicidal **it heads, throwbacks from the dark-ages. Both countries, of course, represented threats - as do other countries further down the road.
But it would have been a disaster to take Iran while Iraq was still ruled by Saddam. Iran is the bigger prize, and I am glad that we are blessed with leadership (in the USA) that knows the right way to get things done - to take the pieces in the optimal order, so to speak. Iran is marked for liberation.
I recently read a quote from Machievelli that (of course) I can't remember exactly. To paraphrase it though, it goes something like this:
'War is inevitable. It cannot be avoided. It can only be postponed, usually to the benefit of your adversary.'
I hope that's somewhere close to right.