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By Neil the Ethical WerewolfI wasn't expecting this result, from a Gallup poll at the end of April, but I was quite happy to see it:
"Suppose all economic and diplomatic efforts fail to get Iran to shut down its nuclear program. If that happens, do you think the United States should or should not take military action against Iran?"Should - 36%Should not - 57%There's probably a couple different explanations of the fact that most people are unwilling to attack Iran, but a simple one is just that nobody wants the Bush Administration to lead us into another war and completely screw everything up. People have learned from their previous experience. For a while now, I've floundered around looking for the best response for Democrats on the Iran issue, but maybe this is it: Do you really want the president who let Osama get away, misled everybody about WMDs, and botched the Iraq War to screw up something else? We can't predict in advance exactly what sort of disaster he'll end up causing. But given his track record, we're pretty sure to get a disaster of some kind or other.
