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60% of Americans Support Nuking Iraq
...if Iraq uses chemical or biological weapons against our troops. 
OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!
OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!
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Last edited by DanS; December 18, 2002, 00:35.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
I'm actually surprised it's that low.
I think it's more intersting that only 26% of Americans support attacking Iraq unilaterally, and that support for war in general is dropping."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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There were a lot of cold feet last time. 90% of Democratic senators voted against supporting the war and for forbidding the war (last time round). It was only popular once we won so dramatically.Comment
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Very interesting polling data. 4 out of 5 believe that Iraq poses a "big" threat to America but about half feel that its not an immediate threat.
I would hate to see the use of nukes. In my mind its a threshold we should not cross. Maybe if it were a small tactical used against only a military target. Nuking Bagdad is beyond the pale.
Also interesting is that the polling data shows a lot of dissatisfaction with the costs of heath care and prescription drugs. Shades of Hillary, does anyone think one of the Democratic candidates will have the balls to run on national health care?Comment
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I support full attack on Iraq, the sooner the better. I will NOT support any kind of nuking, except if Saddam really uses chemical and biological weapons big time, not just little testing. And that time I want Dubya to clearly give the evidence of that happening, I don't want to see any nuking and then 'yeah we have evidence, but it's secret' crap. Just fight like men. Not like wussies.
But I believe that nuking is so much out of US interests, that it's not likely to happen.
If nuking happens, it can start something we can only guess. Terrorism does NOT stop, it fuels its fire ^1000.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that.In da butt.
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Personally, before reading the poll, I put at least chemical WMD in a much lower class than nukes. But apparently the majority of my fellow Americans see little difference among the three. This is surprising to me.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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You seriously don't want to use nuclear weapons. Otherwise all hell breaks loose.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Apparently, the majority of Americans believe that if chemical or biological weapons are used, then hell has already broken loose.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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The only difference is that chemicals will be used on your invading soldiers
whereas nukes will be used in inocent civilians
get it?Comment
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Wiser heads are looking at these options at the CINC and NCA levels. Decisions like that won't be done by poll. Although the strong support gives Bush some more freedom to act and to threaten.
(But isn't it all academic anyway? I thought all our faithful pacifists beleive the Iraqi claims of no WMD and claims that US is full of it for saying there are any.)Comment
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The law of war precludes use of chemical weapons. In this sense, our soldiers are just as "innocent" as civilians.
At least that's apparently what the majority thinks.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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You look good in that picture, fooker. Kind of crying game cute. Just don't show me your wee wee.Comment
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DanS, I doubt nukes will be used. 1. We are not targeting civilians. All the individual strikes get vetted for collateral damage likelihood. 2. I doubt there will be formations where a battlefield nuke will be necessary.Comment
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Plus of course there is the global warming danger. Unless we can ship some engineers over there fast.Comment
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They might use some of those bunker nukes they've been talking about (don't know if they've actually been developed).Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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