The Ethical Werewolf revels in the good news from a Gallup poll which reported:
“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%
Neil says:
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.
“Most people” are unwilling to attack Iran, sure, but that minority is still disturbingly large. My neocon math needs work, but I believe more than 1 in 3 are polishing their bayonets for another charge. It’s easy to understand why a person would be a teensy bit hesitant to pick this fight, but the reasons for supporting an attack on Iran seem harder to grasp. Are that many people still so deluded about our administration’s integrity, our problems in Iraq, our military leadership void, and our prospects for success in Iran?
A quick tour around the internets revealed the following archetypes of Iranian war support:
William, the calculating Machiavellian
Motto: “If sexually molesting your children would help me prevent another 9/11, I’d do it.”
Faulty Assumptions:
-There will be another 9/11
-Attacking yet another Muslim country will somehow reduce the odds of terrorist attacks on US soil
-Iraq was “worth it”
Likes: controlling the remote, scaring his kids with stories about how masturbation will damage the goods, Jeopardy!
Dislikes: the weather, Juliette Lewis, non-minions
Most resembles: Governor Tarkin
Carl, the angry patriot
Motto: “If Jesus were a country, he’d be America. And he’d kick some mutherfuckin’ ass, too.”
Faulty Assumptions:
-Jesus
-America
Likes: cheap beer, hitting women and children for their own good, Maxim
Dislikes: grey areas, them Daily Show faggits, college
Most resembles: Larry the Cable Guy
Ed, the serial killer
Motto: “Whack people for even talking about attacking America.” [note: this is an actual quote]
Faulty Assumptions:
-Mass murder and/or genocide can be for a good cause
-Other people think like you do
Likes: spraying the area, staring into a strobe light for hours on end, Grand Theft Auto
Dislikes: not killing people, listening to people, not thinking about killing people
Most resembles: Pol Pot
Hands Across America, anyone?
Were they hit in the head with hammers by Islamoferroterrormcnuggetists? Because that might change my response to this poll…
wait, no, no it doesn’t.