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.