December 16, 2007
A LOVE LETTER FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD ISRAELITES:
Poll: Americans Have Overwhelming Support for Israel (Gil Ronen, 12/15/07, IsraelNN.com)
Americans' support for Israel in the conflict with the Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza remains extremely high, with 62 percent of Americans considering themselves supporters of Israel and only 9 percent as "supporters of the Palestinians." These are some of the findings of a new bipartisan poll commissioned by The Israel Project (TIP).By a similar margin (61 to 10), Americans believe the U.S. should support Israel in the conflict with the Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. TIP says this is in stark contrast to a 2002 poll, when fully 68 percent of Americans thought the U.S. should take neither side in the conflict.
The poll also shows Americans do not believe the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear projects and worry the NIE report will make the U.S. less safe. The survey shows that while 75 percent of likely voters had heard about the NIE report, only 27 percent believed its assessment that Iran’s nuclear program ended in 2003, while 69 percent believe that the nuclear weapons program is still underway.
The folks--Europeans, Leftists, neocons--who claim that the new NIE constrains the President from bombing Iran just don't get the American people. You could nuke Tehran, say it was just payback for the hostages, and a strong majority would support it. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 16, 2007 12:08 PM
From one people of the wagon train to another.
Posted by: Lou Gots at December 16, 2007 2:54 PMScreaming "Death to America!" at every opportunity over the past near-thirty years has created some antipathy. About time someone with an ounce of sense under his turban began to puzzle that one out.
Posted by: Mikey at December 16, 2007 7:25 PMYes, they yell a lot. We actually intervene in their affairs and kill them.
Posted by: oj at December 16, 2007 9:29 PMSo true. If a Republican wins in 200, it's only a matter of time before the use of military force of some kind against Iran. Democrats and the media will yell and whine but fortunately they can't stop it.
Posted by: Captain Marvel at December 16, 2007 9:43 PMSo true. If a Republican wins in 2008, it's only a matter of time before the use of military force of some kind against Iran. Democrats and the media will yell and whine but fortunately they can't stop it.
Posted by: Captain Marvel at December 16, 2007 9:44 PMOJ - the last ones I remember were in 1987. Got any current ones?
Posted by: ratbert at December 17, 2007 12:54 AMSure, we continue to back both Kurdish and Marxist rebels. Willful ignorance of which is the price one pays to demonize Iran.
Posted by: oj at December 17, 2007 7:49 AM