Wolf Blitzer Poll - (here we go again)...

[PunkinPi]

Should the United States launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

Yes 49% 814 votes

No 51% 838 votes
Total: 1652 votes

[jab105]

1. Apparently...

49% of the public has brain damage...either that or else they are ignorant as a brick wall or just stupid...ok, let's review...North Korea isn't like Iraq...in North Korea, lots of people would die....IDIOTS!!

[trof]

2. Why HELL NO!

Those crazy bastards actually HAVE nukes!
Are you nuts?
We only invade places where we SAY they have 'em and they don't.
You tryin' to get our asses whipped or something?
jeez
;-)

[bunk76]

4. You selfish bastards...

Wolf needs another war,he is short on red lipstick and rouge,how can a whore pay for such things without a war to promote?

:puke:

[Sushi_lover]

3. Too bad South Korea can't weigh in on this

NK nuclear threat may or may not be real.

But Seoul is an easy artillery lob from the N.K. border. If we attacked, Seoul would be pulverized by the conventional mobile launchers. We would be sacrificing millions of South Korean innocents.

Sad, the lack of common sense the right wing public has.

[Pathwalker]

5. Link please! I NEED A LINK! PLEASE!

n/t

[twilight]

7. link ...

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/wolf.blitzer.reports/


Results so far:

Should the United States launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

Yes 47% 828 votes

No 53% 951 votes
Total: 1779 votes



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[Pathwalker]

10. Thank you Twilight. DUers, UNFREEP THIS POLL!

The future of the planet is at stake! This can only have one result - ALL OUT Nuclear war!

[PretzelWarrior]

31. 66% say NO with 2600 votes in....just wondering about those 34%

Would they have voted for preemptive strike against Moscow in 1984? I'm guessing they would have. These people make no sense. I know the NeoCons don't want to attack N. Korea because that country has nothing to do with oil or Israel...2 issues dear to the NeoCon heart.

[PunkinPi]

9. sorry, I forgot to add it. oops! eom

[Michael Daniels]

6. Compared with pre-Iraq I'd say this is somewhat positive

What was it with Iraq - 75% or some such approving the war

Assuming it was FReeped the poll indicates that some of the public may have regained some intelligence.

[Julien Sorel]

46. They haven't whipped up the anti-NK frenzy yet.

A majority of the U.S. was against the last war until relentless waves of propaganda from the White House wore the public down. Even in the wake of Iraq, and how obvious it is everyone was lied to, I have no doubt that similar tactics would move the public to support an attack on NK. They don't call them sheeple for nothing.

[Cush]

8. Bad for Bush

This should be a wake up call to the Sheeple. We just sent 150,000 troops to fight The Phantom Menace, while a real threat was ignored.

[nostamj]

11. 3:30 est

Should the United States launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

Yes 46% 832 votes

No 54% 996 votes
Total: 1828 votes

[Emboldened Chimp]

12. Doing better at 55% no, 45% yes

[Dudley_DUright]

18. Still going in right direction

57 No, 43 Yes.

[gratuitous]

13. Golly, the last pre-emptive strikes worked out so well!

What's not to like about the hellish situations in Afghanistan and Iraq? Why not up it to three quagmires? Are we chicken?

[MUAD_DIB]

14. Um......Excuse me Wolfie.....America........

Didn't the frikkin Chinese get involved in the last war in that area???

Do we really want to do that again???

What the f@ck ever happened to diplomacy??

-Oh yea. I forgot * is the Fearless leader.

Never mind.

Oh by the way, families of U.S. servicemen, kiss them goodbye. They won't be comming home.

That's what you get when you vote for a blood thirsty moron.

[sandnsea]

15. Banging head on table

I cannot freaking believe this. What is wrong with these people!!!!! How could anyone even consider another war when we've just been formally told the intelligence for the last war was bogus!!! Idiots. A bunch of freakin' idiots.

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[berry]

17. 44% yes, 56% no at 3:36 with 1897 people voting

Thanks PunkinPi--this one is really important. Given the record so far for this crew (Bushco*), how could anyone trust them with a decision like this?? Here I was, thinking that at the least this Iraq policy scandal would mean a lame-duck military policy for the rest of the term. Guess I forgot about wag-the-dog, diversion, and desperation-to-implement-crazy-pet-projects before they are all tossed out of power....

[PunkinPi]

20. You're welcome.

I just couldn't imagine this NK issue panning out positively for anyone (not that *'s plans everywhere else are running smoothly) and I know the DUer's wouldn't be able to let this go without being heard. :)

[baffie]

19. Its now 59% no, 41% yes

[EAMcClure]

21. N. Korea is a distraction

We can not pre-emptively strike or invade N. Korea. The only pre-emptive strike at this point would be nuclear. Invasion isn't possibe due to insufficient man power.

Wolf Blitzer, as a lackey to petroleum, is performing his noble duty by distracting us from the Iraqi disaster. Do not give him any power by being even remotely afraid of this happening. Any time any former or current U.S. official raises the spectre of N. Korea, assume that they are merely diverting you from the scandal.

We will invade N. Korea AFTER the institution of a draft. The only bodies that will be sacrificed to something this insane will be conscripts. At this moment, we can't invade a damn thing. We're spent. Welcome to the Realpolitikal truth: All the Pentagon pork has done relatively little to strengthen the US millitary. It is, in fact, weak outside of WMD. Cheers.

[Cush]

23. not a wise distraction

given that people are now questioning the war in Iraq. People might start to Question Dubya and the war in Iraq.

[EAMcClure]

25. Distractions are wise with children, not citizens

When you want to keep your child away from the stove, you keep him or her occupied with a book, a story, or maybe a toy.

This N. Korea things stinks. CNN, et al. should cease the use of non-scientific live polling when it comes to crap like this. It only serves to massage opinion and distract vierwship.

Here's my live non-scientific poll:

What do you think of war?:

Answer either good or bad.

[redwitch]

22. now @ 60% no

jeeeez. now 63%

24. Hmmmmm....

It's awfully convenient for bushco that this NK fear-laden story comes up today and knocks the Uranium story off the front page....
I was expecting a high alert from homeland Security.

This mis-administration just keeps on surprising me.

[redwitch]

27. good point

but I don't think this time he'll derail the Dems. And welcome to DU, Sticky! :hi:

[EAMcClure]

28. We went to Yellow alert on Friday

We did go to a heightened state of alert. But since there was no threat, the media haven't pounced on it.

Any time the media starts playing the nuke card or the war card, just ask yourself, "what can the US do about it?" If the only answer is nuke, then I guarantee it is a diversion. I am writing to CNN toute suite to remind them that the real story is the Bush administration's deceit and our nation's young soldiery being put in harm's way because of said deceit. A civilized culture deserves no less.

I refuse to make Kim Jong Il yet another Emmanuel Goldstein to frame on our television sets.

[ParanoidPat]

26. NEXT!

:evilgrin:

Should the United States launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea? :shrug:

Yes

37%

871 votes

No

63%

1496 votes
Total: 2367 votes

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[unfrigginreal]

29. It's a bogus question at this point

We don't have the intelligence to either verify or discount the claims by NK. If the intel comes in stating that they do have the capabilities, then we cannot sit idly by. The guy running that country is just as nuts as the guy running this one.

If the GOP ever gave a fuck about their country now is the time to show it by dumping Bush and Cheney.

[DieboldMustDie]

30. We don't have the intelligence to either verify or discount the claims...

But that didn't stop Boy George the last time, did it?

Yes 34% 894 votes
No 66% 1713 votes

Total: 2607 votes

[Philosophy]

32. Either way we shouldn't attack

There is no way we could damage them enough in any kind of preemptive attack so that they wouldn't be able to instantly retaliate by leveling Seoul.

[redwitch]

33. 67% now

and climbing...

[unfrigginreal]

36. And now we come to the conundrum

If our intel suggests that we can get rid of the nukes aimed at the USA by surgical strike, do we do it with the knowledge that NK might be able to retaliate against SK? It just solidifies my position that we have to get rid of these assholes in the WH. They can't be trusted to do the right thing for the country or humanity as a whole. It's been suggested that Bush WON'T negotiate because he feels that it's wrong to negotiate with someone immoral or evil. We don't need fundamentalists limiting our options in this dangerous situation!

[northofdenali]

34. Up to 67% no.......

33% idiots.

[myomy]

35. 33% yes 67% no now.

.

[ewagner]

37. TO PARAPHRASE

To paraphrase another prominent DUer....

...oh shit...what don't they want us to see now?

[dfong63]

38. now 68% "no"

... interesting how the "yes" column has hardly grown, while the "no" has more than doubled since the first post in this thread.

[StopTheMorans]

39. Now it's at

Should the United States launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea?

Yes 31% 947 votes

No 69% 2099 votes
Total: 3046 votes

[FlaGranny]

40. Now at 72 no, 22 yes.

Folks are starting to learn the truth, ya think?

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. 73% no, when I voted

Apparently the "Bu$h Doctrine" of pre-emption isn't playing too well in Peoria...

[newyawker99]

42. Done!

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[drdigi420]

43. kicked again

7:49

Yes 24% 1678 votes

No 76% 5216 votes

[wherewingstakedream]

44. Well HELL no!!

I don't want World War Three. :nuke:

Vote totals 76% No 5,271 votes :kick:

24% Yes !,684 votes

[starroute]

45. So the votes cast just between 3 pm and 8 pm . . .

. . . come out to

No - 4433 84%
Yes - 870 16%

Which is pretty closely in line with other recent online polls.