Letters to the Editor
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6stringer: From the Zogby website, results from the poll
"A majority of likely voters – 52% – would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.
"When asked which presidential candidate would be best equipped to deal with Iran – regardless of whether or not they expected the U.S. to attack Iran – 21% would most like to see New York U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the country, while 15% would prefer former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and 14% would want Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain in charge. Another 10% said Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would be best equipped to deal with Iran, while Republican Fred Thompson (5%), Democrat John Edwards (4%) and Republican Mitt Romney (3%) were less likely to be viewed as the best leaders to help the U.S. deal with Iran."
This shows there has been growing supporting for a war among the American public, who have been softened up through the respectful hearing that Cheney, Bush, Podhoretz et al, have received in the media over the past few weeks. I have heard little discussion of the disastrous downside to military intervention, or attempts to put the Iran threat in perspective in the media, although there have been a few reservations expressed here and there, unlike the run-up to the war with Iraq.
That said, these poll results are discouraging beyond belief. It's deja vu all over again, as Yogi would say.