Re: Dean: “Maliki is an anti-semite”
On Jul 27, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
mike larkin wrote:
Do they even think for a second this will work? What are they smoking?
Well it seems to be something the American people are ready to
bite, if one believes the latest Gallup Poll regarding Lebanon….http://poll.gallup.com/content/?ci=23887
Actually that poll isn’t as bad as I’d feared. E.g.:
The negative for Israel is that only one-third of Americans say all
of Israel’s military actions in Lebanon are justified, while half
say Israel’s actions are justified but have gone too far. As a
result, overall approval of Israel’s actions in this conflict is
somewhat subdued at 50%, while 38% disapprove and 12% have no opinion.Another indication of Americans’ hesitancy about the conflict comes
from a question measuring public reaction to a possible invasion of
southern Lebanon by Israeli ground troops. Only 40% of Americans
currently favor this idea, while slightly more (47%) oppose it.Hezbollah, Not Lebanon, to Blame for Attacks Against Israel
One reason more than half of Americans perceive Israel’s actions to
be either excessive (50%) or unwarranted (7%) could be the harm
being done to the Lebanese infrastructure and civilian population
by its attacks, when a smaller percentage of Americans consider
Lebanon a major instigator of the conflict.