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Douglas Carpenter

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17. the overwhelming majority of Americans opposed entry into World War I also - until they were

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:08 AM

Sep 2012

"educated" on how important it was. It doesn't seem to take a lot to whip the American public up into a blood lust frenzy. Although, I do have hope that it will not happen this time.

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New poll: Majority of Americans oppose military strike on Iran [View all] DonViejo Sep 2012 OP

We're sick of war. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #1

So STFU, Joe Lieberman Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #2

Those 70%, 51% and 59% Politicalboi Sep 2012 #3

IOW ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #4

K&R n/t AntiFascist Sep 2012 #5

Majority of Americans also opposed war with Iraq. Dick Cheney said: "So what?" Viva_Daddy Sep 2012 #6

Yep, I was going to bring that up. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #14

And the overwhelming majority of Americans don't like the tax cuts for the uber-rich. citizen blues Sep 2012 #7

After what occurred in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan rachel1 Sep 2012 #8

good. nt bunnies Sep 2012 #9

Seems Americans favor a carrot and stick approach. iandhr Sep 2012 #10

great news azurnoir Sep 2012 #11

It's always that 30% of haters, most probably never served SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #12

History 100 elbloggoZY27 Sep 2012 #13

Dear History LoisB Sep 2012 #15

Iran will eventually get a nuke. There's no way to prevent that. Even the Flatulo Sep 2012 #16

the overwhelming majority of Americans opposed entry into World War I also - until they were Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #17

We seem to be smarter than our leaders. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #18