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2. thanks for this. k&r

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2014, 11:34 AM

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America supports military action? Wrong. [View all] WilliamPitt Sep 2014 OP

True, Sir: The Public Is Not Clamoring For War The Magistrate Sep 2014 #1

thanks for this. k&r cali Sep 2014 #2

Good to see you posting again panader0 Sep 2014 #17

thank you. cali Sep 2014 #19

Likewise here. mahina Sep 2014 #26

and by all indications the president will not have US troops doing ground fighting still_one Sep 2014 #3

air support being a euphemism for bombing. c'mon, if you're going to advocate it cali Sep 2014 #4

They are already doing that with Iraq, and Iran per BBC still_one Sep 2014 #6

I'm not shy abut it. Bomb the hell out of them. Why be shy? 7962 Sep 2014 #21

Yes, that has really worked elsewhere. former9thward Sep 2014 #28

Worked in WW2. Eventually the futility of losing sets in. 7962 Sep 2014 #31

No, it did not work. former9thward Sep 2014 #32

No, I'm not. And you can pick and choose your historians. 7962 Sep 2014 #35

You ignore the massive conventional bombing of Japan and throw in the A-Bomb. former9thward Sep 2014 #36

I said no. Vietnam just illustrates my point. We didnt bomb them to win 7962 Sep 2014 #38

K&R Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #5

So airstrikes are outside your definition of "military action"? jeff47 Sep 2014 #7

Except that they seem to be dropping their support for Obama n2doc Sep 2014 #8

no, his support's falling because this war is his baby: closing ranks only encourages intervention MisterP Sep 2014 #20

So, overwhelming public support for air strikes, but not for sending in ground troops. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #9

Are the televangelists leading hordes of the faithful Downwinder Sep 2014 #10

K & R Iliyah Sep 2014 #11

Why are airstrikes (74% support in WSJ poll, 76% in CNN poll) not military action to you? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #12

Because ... Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #18

Prior to 1941 the American people had no stomach for war Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #13

Ummmm, the bulk of the Pacific Fleet was at Pearl Harbor that fateful day, IronGate Sep 2014 #16

Once again, you are spot on with the facts. nt 7962 Sep 2014 #22

Thanks. IronGate Sep 2014 #29

The US military did not blockade Japan. We did impose export sanctions; 7962 Sep 2014 #24

"Finally after a strangling blockade by our military Japan was goaded into attacking.." EX500rider Sep 2014 #25

"Saudi Arabia attacked New York in Sept. of 2001" YoungDemCA Sep 2014 #33

I don't know what to think SnakeEyes Sep 2014 #14

Since you mentioned him, Beck WAS saying this was coming back then. 7962 Sep 2014 #23

KnR AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #15

knr Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #27

The bottom line of all polling is that the public does .not want combat troops,which is the very Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #30

Excellent analysis:) grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #34

A few months ago, a large majority was against war in Iraq.... kentuck Sep 2014 #37