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8 out of 10 Americans Fear Iran will Have Nuclear Weapons Soon
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by politisite | July 15, 2008 at 06:26 pm
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Nearly eight out of 10 Americans (78%) think Iran is likely to soon develop nuclear weapons, and over half say the Iranians will not halt their program no matter who is elected president, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Forty-three percent (43%) of Likely Voters think it is possible to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but 52% believe Iran is not likely to stop if McCain is elected to the White House. Even more (61%) say the same if Obama becomes president.
Sixty-three percent (63%) say the goal of Iran’s uranium enrichment program is to develop nuclear weapons, as opposed to 12% who believe the Iranian government’s claim that it is for energy purposes alone.
Iran boasted last week that it had launched several new missiles, including one capable of striking Israel, but the video of the purported launchings was later proven to be a fake.
A Rasmussen Reports survey following the so-called missile launchings found that 71% of voters viewed Iran as a serious threat to the United States and 46% felt American should intervene militarily if Iran attacked Israel.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a continued hardline against Iran until it gives up its nuclear program, including tough economic sanctions. His Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, reiterated his belief in direct meetings with the Iranian leadership along with possible sanctions.
A Rasmussen Reports survey last month found 45% of likely voters agreed with Obama that it was a good idea for the U.S. president to meet with the leader of Iran, but 59% said the meeting should not take place until Iran stops developing nuclear weapons.
In the new survey, 57% of Republicans believe it is possible to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, compared to only 38% of Democrats and 35% of unaffiliated voters.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Republicans also think Iran is likely to halt its nuclear program if McCain is elected president, but only 24% of Democrats and unaffiliated voters agree. Perhaps indicative of the general belief that McCain has more foreign policy expertise than his opponent, only 40% of Democrats think Iran is likely to stop developing nuclear weapons if Obama is elected, a view shared by 11% of Republicans and 24% of unaffiliated voters.
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at 18:54 on July 15th, 2008
Education or catastrophe said H.G. Wells. Mindfuck Inc. has created a nation of over 50% of functional analphabetes where lies and credulity marries to generate opinion.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson
Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?http://www.alternet.org/democracy/90161/
Millions of Americans are embarrassingly ill-informed and they do not care that they are.
Meanwile…
GOING UP !
Top 1% share of total income
Income gap between rich and poor
Foreign debt as a percent of GDP
Age at which one can receive Social Security
Hunger
Consumer credit debt
Housing foreclosures
Severe poverty rate
GOING DOWN !
Real income
Real manufacturing wages
Percent of single women and mothers in the workforce
The bottom 40%'s share of national wealth
Older families with pensions.
Workers covered by defined benefit pensions.
The savings rate
US manufacturing jobs
ALSO...
Protests restricted/ignored
Labels dissenters terrorists/traitors
False-flags
Elections suspect
Leaders benefit from wars/disasters
Uses propaganda/lies & partisan mass-media
Claims War is needed for everchanging false reasons
Runs secret/extrajudicial/torture camps
Curtails/suspends civil rights/liberties
Runs wiretap/intercept/surveillance net
Stealthily expands int'nl influence/power
Judiciary/Opposition ineffective/ignored
Legislates to defy Constitution
BTW, have you noticed that the good guys always win execpt on the news ?
also...
WAR 101
Under the influence of politicians, masses of people tend to ascribe the responsibility for wars to those who wield power at any given time. In World War I it was the munitions industrialists; in World War II it was the psychopathic generals who were said to be guilty. This is passing the buck.
The responsibility for wars falls solely upon the shoulders of these same masses of people, for they have all the necessary means to avert war in their own hands. In part by their apathy, in part by their passivity, and in part actively, these same masses of people make possible the catastrophes under which they themselves suffer more than anyone else. To stress this guilt on the part of the masses of people, to hold them solely responsible, means to take them seriously. On the other hand, to commiserate masses of people as victims, means to treat them as small, helpless children. The former is the attitude held by genuine freedom fighters; the latter that attitude held by power-thirsty politicians." : Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
at 19:40 on July 15th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
8 out of 10 Humans around the Globe fear that the USA will end up blowing us all up into a super nova!