Sharp rise in favour of war on Iraq (Guardian poll)

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 10/16/2002 | Alan Travis

[Pokey78]

The Guardianistas must be in a snit over this!

[cmsgop]

Oprah has influence........

[Miss Marple]

Proving once again that the Al Qaeda do not understand the Law of Unintended Consequences.

And you are quite correct. If the Guardian is showing a ten-point surge, it may actually be more than that.

[ChadGore]

Re: A similar proportion - 81% - also says there needs to be a Commons vote before there is British participation in an attack on Iraq. Mistrust of Saddam Hussein also remains at a very high level in Britain. Three-quarters say they do not believe he would honour his commitment to allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq without any conditions. Only 13% are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.

This is Huuuuuuge ! God bless the U.K. !

[Wait4Truth]

Ok, some good news for a change. France is being a real jerk here - they are still outright rejecting a resolution that calls for using force. Russia needs to get onboard and slap France across the face. This is getting ridiculous!

[Mr. Mulliner]

Three-quarters say they do not believe he would honour his commitment to allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq without any conditions. Only 13% are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, those cynical British. They just need to have Jim McDermott and David Bonior come over there and tell them that they personally got assurances from Saddam that he'll let the UN weapons inspectors do their jobs.

/sarcasm

[South40]

All it takes is a few of their own dead and they have come to their senses.

How predictable.

I wonder how many have to die befoe they attain a majority.

[OldFriend]

France has had attacks by muslim fundamentalists over the years and in their inimitable way, they are attempting to appease the murderers.

[BlueAngel]

I have alot of respect for Tony Blair. He has stood by his convictions inspite of what the people think.

[glock rocks]

Sharp rise in favour of war on Iraq

you betcha... there's a new chef in town

[timpad]

I'm sure I heard once that the fastest way to turn a liberal into a conservative was to mug him. I'm saddened that it took a horrific attack to sway UK opinion.

[marktwain]

Proving once again that the Al Qaeda do not understand the Law of Unintended Consequences.

If Al Qaeda remains true to form, they will now target the French and the Germans. It is hard to think of an attack that would not be good tactics when you believe that God is on your side.

These attacks just show huge misjudgement on the part of Al Qaeda. History has clearly shown that virtually all groups come together in common defense when attacked. If they do enough of these, the western governments will be hard pressed to keep their people from demanding an extermination of all Muslims. That would not be good, but we have already seen many otherwise sane people calling for the destruction of Mecca via atomic weapons.

[blam]

"And you are quite correct. If the Guardian is showing a ten-point surge, it may actually be more than that."

An article from The Independent(UK) is reporting the same 10% change.

[wimpycat]

Three-quarters say they do not believe he would honour his commitment to allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq without any conditions. Only 13% are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, they're definitely in a snit, all right. Notice how they said only 13% are prepared to give Saddam the benefit of the doubt, when they should have said, "Unbelievably, a whopping 13% are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt." Because it is un-freaking-believable that 13% of those polled really think Saddam is to be trusted in this matter.

[Billthedrill]

When more of them imagine Bali with a nuke, more of them will come onboard.

[South40]

I'm saddened that it took a horrific attack to sway UK opinion.

It’s real sad. What’s sadder is that only 42% now believe military action is warranted. This begs the question: What do they the other 58% think should be done instead? Diplomacy? That requires a desire to negotiate. These idiot terrorists have proven well beyond doubt that they, and the issues that cause them to hate us, are non-negotiable.

[McGavin999]

I think the 13% were all Muslims.

[Cicero]

If they do enough of these, the western governments will be hard pressed to keep their people from demanding an extermination of all Muslims.

We are moving in that direction, although I don't think the United States will ever go as far as that. But if they use nukes, all bets are off.

[clintonh8r]

I say start the bombing now.

[BrooklynGOP]

Yuck, pork! Any pics of lamb? :)