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mises
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:38 am Post subject: The gap between public opinion and policy |
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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/16/various_matters
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Americans -- by the large margin of 31-64% -- believe that "all in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting."
And they believe by an even wider margin -- 71-23% -- that the "United States should withdraw a substantial number of U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan this summer" (though 53% doubt, probably presciently, that this will happen).
But what's even more striking is that a mere 17% of the American citizenry "strongly believes" that the war was worth fighting. |
17%? Even after the "noun, verb and 9/11" rhetoric of the past 10 years? Americans are far more sensible than the American government. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Petraeus not asked one difficult question by Senate
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| If Gen. David Petraeus was worried about testifying this morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he needn't have been. The hearings�four hours long�were probably as unchallenging as anything he's had to deal with for several months. |
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Fox
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: The gap between public opinion and policy |
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| mises wrote: |
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/16/various_matters
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Americans -- by the large margin of 31-64% -- believe that "all in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting."
And they believe by an even wider margin -- 71-23% -- that the "United States should withdraw a substantial number of U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan this summer" (though 53% doubt, probably presciently, that this will happen).
But what's even more striking is that a mere 17% of the American citizenry "strongly believes" that the war was worth fighting. |
17%? Even after the "noun, verb and 9/11" rhetoric of the past 10 years? Americans are far more sensible than the American government. |
Okay, how many of them will make this a key issue in the ballot box? Likely very few, and many of these people probably voted for supporters of the war last time they voted. Just saying you're against the war doesn't amount to much if you're only against it in the same way you're against having pizza for dinner, but will eat it if everyone else is okay with it. |
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mises
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| how many of them will make this a key issue in the ballot box |
If the wars are made an issue and if a candidate exists that represents the opinions of the people then maybe there will be some movement. |
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