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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:23 AM Original message |
Americans Approve of Military Action Against Libya, 47% to 37% |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. This Is So Sad |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It isn't even a majority though. Very weak support. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Really? I'm proud that more Americans realize isolationism is a recipe for disaster. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Premptive War |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. UN sactions, actions... |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Aren't The Arab States Part of "The Global Institution"?? |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. The US waited for the UN to approve action before taking action |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Korea |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Enforcing a NFZ is not the same as a protracted ground floor during the beginning of the Cold War |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. What you call a preemptive war I call following the UN resolution on the Responsibility to Protect. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Why Is The US Doing Most Of The Bombing? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I think you're giving them too much credit. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Trying to mock isolationism doesn't change the fact that we have responsibilities as part of the UN |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I'm having fun noting the use of the word in these debates. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Ah, similar to "Military Industrial Complex"...gotcha. Apologies. n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yes, that can be one as well. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Lol I think you confuse isolationism with non-interventionism. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Nope. I meant isolationism |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Preemptive war and isolationism |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Yes we are, and it is very sad, I agree. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fine...then don't bitch and moan about the deficit... |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Americans always approve of military action |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Not all Americans. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I was careful to not say "a majority of" much less "all" |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. The percentage who disapprove is almost equal to those who believe in evolution |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Rachel called Libya a "War-zone" last night. Loud and clear. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. 51% of Democrats approve -- a detail in the story that the OP left out. See the CNN poll, too: |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
13. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan were popular wars....at the outset. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Don't worry. The money will be kept off budget and we won't see the bodies |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Don't forget Bosnia - that started as an 'Air War Only' - then we put 20,000 troops on the ground |
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Ordy116 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Amazing |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Proud member of the 37% here. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Globalism |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. And the same people voted Shrub in twice. Nt |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm part of the "37%." |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. I wonder how many oppose it because the president is a Democrat |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yeah, but how many support it because it's a Democrat created war? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. As a percentage of their respective parties probably about the same as support it |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. also... Gallup stated this is the LOWEST support for a US Military action |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hello fellow 37ers. Doesn't it feel great to be on the high road? nt |
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