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In reply to the discussion: 9% approval for bombing Syria = suicide for Dems in 2014 [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)What they don't like is a lot of Americans getting killed, but WAAAAAY more than 9% would be just fine with lobbing a bunch of Cruise missiles or drones with Hellfires, as long as nobody we care about gets hurt.
I think we would have seen numbers like 9% if the question was, "Are you in favor of Americans participating in a war to get rid of Khadafi from Libya?"
But a few weeks after that nobody even remembered it happened, except for the Benghazi thing -- and that wasn't even connected with the invasion to oust Khadafi.
Polls can only measure the stupidity of Americans. You can't ask an ignorant American a question and expect to get a learned answer on average. Only 5% actually are well informed about the world.
Now if you want to know the best player for your fantasy football league, lots of people can answer that one.