CBS Poll: 25% Back Preemptive U.S. Nuke Strike

Newsmax ^ | June 22, 2002 | Carl Limbacher

[Alberta's Child]

The fact that this question was even asked is an indication of just how dumb Americans really are. Most people can't even understand the complex nature of a terrorist organization that operates outside of clearly-defined national jurisdictions. As a result, "experts" in the U.S. often end up adopting the most idiotic, disconnected lines of thinking just to frame issues in a way that a voter with a double-digit IQ can understand.

"We must attack Afghanistan because of what those Saudi terrorists did to the U.S."

"We must attack Iraq from our bases in Sauidi Arabia because Iraq obviously supported those Saudi terrorists."

[stumpy]

I recommend bezerkely to be the first city.

[4TheFlag]

I say "ef" them, "Lets Roll".

[evolved_rage]

Lets ask about using Daisy cutters by the hundreds. Remove the radiation threat, and I think more Amercians will agree.

[Bon mots]

That's why we have a nuclear deterrent. If we're afraid to use it, and the enemy knows we won't use it, then it's not a deterrent.

Let's give it a chance...

[BlueLancer]

"And once we lose a city or two, 95% of that 65% will be wondering why we didn't nuke first."

And will be criticizing the administration for not doing so, even though these very same people opposed it.

[seeker41]

Where is this poll, I need to vote "YES"!

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

CBS Poll: 25% Back Preemptive U.S. Nuke Strike

i am hoping that this poll is wrong (it is cbs) but if it is not americans had better get over their fear of the term nuclear. if we had a conventional bomb which could do the same thing as a tactical nuke lets say in tora bora americans would have been wholeheartedly behind it. well we dont just think how the different the world would be today if we had nuked tora bora

[M. T. Cicero II]

Nukes on 20 cities, there would be no one left for the message.

[meadsjn]

many Americans don't realize what needs to be done to defeat the terrorists.

Nuking a few of them "over there" won't do anything about the couple of million of them already scattered across the United States, or the thousands currently being recruited in our cities and prisons. Unbridled immigration is the cancer which will kill this country, and neither party has the intestinal fortitude to call a spade a spade.

It may take several more (and larger) disasters for even decent Americans to recognize that Islam is incompatible with freedom; the leftists will die before they concede that truth.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What if the barbarians have about 50 of these nuclear devices in our 50 largest cities and try to blackmail the country? Maybe it couldn't happen now, but in the future it's all too possible. Should we just wait until our enemies are so technically endowed, or should we be "premptive"?

Do we have the will to do what it will take, or, will we continue to listen to the red diaper babies, liberals and other 5th columnists in our midst? What do you think?

[SSN558]

If the terrorists can make a dirty bomb, the U.S. can make literally millions of dirty bombs. We got tanks of liquid Sodium from cold war breeder reactors, just chock full of radio-nucloids. Why bury the stuff at Yucca mountain when you can iridate half a continent with the stuff.

[ladyinred]

This poll is a little confusing to me, the numbers just don't make a lot of sense, but I am certainly for a first strike, although it would freak me out.
The US has had the opposite policy for far too long in my opinion.

[July 4th]

Nuking Iraqi hordes in the desert is a lot more humane than what we did to them in the Gulf War. We just bulldozed over their trenches and buried them alive. Count me in the 25%.

[TLBSHOW]

oh deep_anarchist rat!

I know it feels bad being in the tiny percent that don't have a clue, so let the adults take care of things for you democrats that are not worthy of taking care of America's National or domestic security.

73 percent, said they "trust Bush to make the right decisions about the use of nuclear weapons,"








well then run along to hide in your rat hole

[Conservative Chicagoan]

Of course. I mean look at how many people vote for Democrats and Democrats love Muslims far more than Americans.