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Support for binLaden Decreasing, Iranians favor toppling mullahs with foreign arms
GlobalPolitician ^ | 09/04/07 | Ryan Mauro

Posted on 09/07/2007 1:36:04 PM PDT by auzerais

A Pew poll has shown that radical ideologies in the Muslim world, as a whole, are decreasing. Results include: * Support for Bin Laden is decreasing. In Jordan, those with confidence in him as a world leader, fell 36 percentage points since 2003, and is now at 20%. In Indonesia, it fell from 59 to 41%; in Lebanon, 20% to 1%; in Pakistan, 46% to 38%; and in Palestine, support fell 15 percentage points, but 57% still support him. * Muslim support for suicide attacks on non-military targets has also fallen. In Lebanon, those feeling it is justified fell to 34% from 74%. In Pakistan, only 9% say they are justified, down from 41% in 2004. 70% of Palestinians felt suicide bombings were always or sometimes justified.

New polls by Terror-Free Tomorrow and the Center for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights indicate that the Iranian people want regime change. The author has often called for supporting the Iranian democrats to this end, and hopefully this poll will cause Washington to see the opportunity at hand. The poll results include the following statistics: * 92% believe that Iran is not currently playing a positive role in Iraq. * Two-thirds of Iranians would support a Velvet Revolution in Iran. * 79% of Iranians want democracy; only 11% strongly oppose a system where all the leaders are elected. * 78% of Iranians favor a civilian nuclear program; 46% favor producing a nuclear bomb and 47% oppose it. * 58% of Iranians would support a foreign military action aimed at regime change. * 56% oppose Iran*s military assistance to Hamas. * 70% do not advocate the destruction of Israel. Considering the poll was conducted via telephone, these statistics are remarkable. It is highly likely that the numbers of Iranians who are moderate and favor internal regime change is even higher, as Iranians have grown accustomed to monitoring what they say over the telephone due to the regime*s repression of internal dissent.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; iran; overthrow; terror; wot
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Just happened to come across this in an international ng. Wonder why I haven*t seen this on CNN or even FoxNews.
1 posted on 09/07/2007 1:36:09 PM PDT by auzerais
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To: auzerais
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

This flies in the face of the propaganda being spewed by liberals and Ron Paul.

2 posted on 09/07/2007 1:37:51 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender/Suicide Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: auzerais

We are decreasing the militant vote by several thousand every month. When the most radical left their countries to come and die fighting us, there was no one left to carry on the rant.


3 posted on 09/07/2007 1:38:56 PM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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To: auzerais
and in Palestine, support fell 15 percentage points, but 57% still support him.

Heh, heh...

4 posted on 09/07/2007 1:42:12 PM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: SampleMan

Most in IRAN are suprisingly (or maybe not) after 25+ Years under taliban-stle rule (against their own government: what surprises me is that 70% are NOT for the Destruction of Israel!


5 posted on 09/07/2007 1:43:32 PM PDT by JSDude1 (When a liberal represents the Presidential Nominee for the Republicans; THEY'RE TOAST)
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To: auzerais

This can’t be true. Dubya’s policies make more terrorists, not less.

I learned that from the media...


6 posted on 09/07/2007 1:46:33 PM PDT by telebob
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To: johnny7

Palestine is the toilet of the world. I wish Israel would wipe that vermin out and be done with it.


7 posted on 09/07/2007 1:47:30 PM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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To: lormand

Actually, it’s right along the lines of what Ron Paul has been saying - why declare war upon and invade Iran when we can much more cheaply and constitutionally ship them arms and instruction manuals by which they could overthrow their own tyrants?

The Romanians did it, and put a bullet in their tyrant’s brain after a fair trial, and showed his cooling corpse on state television for many delightful minutes of national celebration. Surely the Persians, there in the cradle of civilization, have the stones to do at least that.


8 posted on 09/07/2007 1:48:02 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: auzerais

Democrat Congressmen and Senators will be deeply saddened...

“The war is winning to many converts for those who hate us!”


9 posted on 09/07/2007 1:48:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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To: auzerais
Iranian people want regime change.

Very interesting, where is radio-free Tehran when you need it. I think that it is time for some CIA funding of regime change in Iran!

10 posted on 09/07/2007 1:48:48 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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What if the Basij and Ansar-i Hezbollah in Iran had to fear for their lives and safety any time they attempted to brutally disperse a pro-freedom demonstration in the streets of Tehran thanks to hundreds of thousands of air-dropped KelTec P-32s? Do you think we’d still need to engage in mental masturbation about glassy craters in Iran of the kind we witnessed at the debate on Wednesday night?


11 posted on 09/07/2007 1:48:56 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: auzerais
"I'm just not feelin' the rage."

12 posted on 09/07/2007 1:49:40 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Robert357

Congress won’t cough up the $75 million Bush has requested for Radio Free Iran, among other projects in support of regime change in Iran. Apparently bombings and invasions are preferable?


13 posted on 09/07/2007 1:49:55 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: SampleMan
Killing those stinking moooolahz would be a good thing.

A very good thing indeed!

14 posted on 09/07/2007 1:49:57 PM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: auzerais

What’s Ron Paul to do?


15 posted on 09/07/2007 1:50:49 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Want authentic 1st century Christianity? Visit a local, New Testament Independent Baptist church!)
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To: MarineDad
Killing those stinking moooolahz would be a good thing. A very good thing indeed!

It's too bad then, that thanks to myriad infringements upon the Second and Fourth Amendments that attempting to buy a few cases of M-16s, M-40 grenade launchers, and associated ammunition in order to smuggle into Iran for the use of the freedom-lovers there would be a US federal crime.

16 posted on 09/07/2007 1:51:55 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

So do you think that bombing the crap out of and invading Iran would sway the pro-American sentiment in Iran even higher? I’m not sure it would.


17 posted on 09/07/2007 1:53:17 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: JSDude1

I think I can explain that: The Iranians have a strong sense of nationalism and ethnic pride that balances out and mitigates some of the Islamist influence. Cyrus, one of their great historical figures, freed the Jews and allowed them to return to Israel, and ordered the Tempe of Jerusalem rebuilt. So the Jews and Persians have a common hero in Cyrus.


18 posted on 09/07/2007 1:54:24 PM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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To: mvpel
So do you think that bombing the crap out of and invading Iran would sway the pro-American sentiment in Iran even higher? I’m not sure it would.

There's more than one way to swing a mullah.

19 posted on 09/07/2007 1:54:35 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Want authentic 1st century Christianity? Visit a local, New Testament Independent Baptist church!)
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To: auzerais

First of all, any poll in the areas noted is pretty much bogus. There is no way to get a straight answer.


20 posted on 09/07/2007 1:55:29 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Hillary's color is yellow.....how appropriate)
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