Posted on 02/21/2003 3:27:15 PM PST by Indy Pendance
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I think if Bush started the liberation of Iraq tonight America would still be behind him.
This poll asks a few questons that are minor in the bigger sceme of things. If the question was "Should Bush start the liberation of Iraq now?" The answer would be a "Well, sure." And he rest wouldn't really matter that much.
That's a darned good point. They sure wouldn't ask such a question now, when the public is aware of Saddam's illegal missiles.
Hmmmm... a fair question.
But an objective questioner would also ask, which of the nay-saying coutries -- France, Germany, Belgium, Russia and China -- doesn't do business with Iraq.
Your above post is not objective.
It sounds like you automatically trust that this poll was done fairly. Who paid for this PEW poll? What does it mean, that this poll "was carried out with the Council on Foreign Relations"?.
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Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Baghdad SunSet SunRise |
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22 14% +7.3hrs |
6:53pm 7:38am |
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23 11% +8.4hrs |
24 10% +9.2hrs |
25 9% +10.2hrs |
26 8% +11.2hrs |
27 6% +11.8hrs |
28 4% All Night |
01 2% All Night |
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02 0% All Night |
03 0% All Night |
04 2% -11.2hrs |
05 4% -10.2hrs |
06 6% -9.3hrs |
07 8% -8.4hrs |
08 9% -7.4hrs |
7:04pm 7:22am |
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09 9% -6.4hrs |
10 10% -5.4hrs |
11 12% -4.5hrs |
12 15% -3.5hrs |
13 20% -2.6hrs |
14 26% -1.8hrs |
15 34% -1.0hrs |
7:04pm 7:22am |
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16 44% n/a |
17 55% n/a |
18 100% n/a |
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Legend: (%)Luminance compared to Full Moon (Starlight alone is 1/2 of 1% of a Full Moon) Nighttime TOTAL BLACKOUT period ( + ) hours AFTER sunset when Moon is behind the Earth, OR ( - ) hours BEFORE sunRISE when Moon behind the Earth (Times not adjusted for 25 minutes of civil twilight after sunset or before dawn) (Luminance figures are approximate based on an average lunar cycle. Figures are even less when the moon is lower in the sky ... and crescent moons don't get very high in the sky until after daybreak) . |
When it next gets dark, the Moon will be behind the Earth the first 7 hours, Then it slowly builds to a maximum brightness (around dawn) of only 14% of that of a full Moon.
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Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 30s. |
Monday: Light rain likely. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the upper 20s. |
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Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the upper 20s. |
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Actions speak louder than words.
Screw PEW
This "drop" in support is directly related to the press (and demacRAT party's) latest attempt to perpetrate another lie on the American people. Namely, that we are considering "going it alone" into Iraq, or how about "the American people don't want to go it alone" . How many times have you heard these words used by the press? It's a lie. How much coverage was given to the letter in the Wall Street Journal signed by all the countries who are with us? Answer: Not much. The press mentioned the letter breifly, but they have continued to use the "go it alone " and "unilateral " terms in their reports on public support.
The question in the poll is false. It asked weather we should go WITH OUT ALLIES and of course many of the American people said no. THE QUESTION GIVES THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAVE NO ALLIES. Then it aks about another UN resolution, wich people assume is about gaining allies. What our people are confused about, is weather we have allies or not.
If I were President Bush and his staff , I would make a concerted effort to explain to the American people that WE HAVE ALLIES WITH OR WITHOUT THE UN. For example: any time a reporter tries to use the term "go it alone" (or some term like this) President Bush should stop him and repeat the names of the countries that are with us . He could send his staff members out to the mainstream press outlets and cable and read have them read the WSJ letter again or he could just say, "the press is trying to give the impression we don't have allies; this is not true. We have (repeat the entire list of countries who have pleged their support)" at various press conferences and public appearences, until people get it. Everyone on his staff should have the names of the countries that support us memorized so they can immediately respond when the press tries the "going it alone " impression. It should be made clear that the UN is representative of the "axis of weasles". Our people should be reminded of things like the UN has Syria in charge of Human Rights (and that Syria has HUGE Human rights violations) while we were kicked off the commission, and that they are planning on putting Iraq in charge of disarming itself. But it is most important to clear up the confusion between who our allies are(that we have them), and UN support,make it clear these are 2 different things.
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