A majority of the U.S public believes that an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be harmful to Washington’s military and strategic position in the Middle East, according to a new poll released by the University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).
The poll of more than 700 respondents, conducted between Sep 27 and Oct 2, asked several Middle East and Iran policy-related questions. The questionnaire and results — broken down by party affiliation — can be found here.
Asked what the U.S. position should be on an Israeli strike, respondents were given three choices and a series of arguments in favor of each. Twenty-nine percent said the Washington should discourage Israel from carrying out an attack. That was down from 34% who took that position in March.
Twelve percent said Washington should encourage an attack; that was also down from last March when 14 percent took that position. Finally, 53 percent said Washington should take a neutral stance; that was up by seven points from earlier this year.
Asked what they thought Iran’s reaction would be to an Israeli attack, 70% of respondents said it was either “very” (28%) or “somewhat likely” (42%) that Iran would attack U.S. bases and forces in the region and draw the U.S. into war with Iran. Eighty-six percent said it was either “very” (59%) or “somewhat likely” (27%) that the price of oil would increase drastically.
Of course, these opinions are completely ignored by the Zionist stooges in Washington D.C., and the upcoming “presidential debate” between Obama and Romney is, according to a Reuters report, only about impressing Jews.
The Reuters article, titled “Romney’s big chance with Jewish voters” stated that while “Jews are a small minority in the United States, they generally get to the polls in big numbers. Several swing states are home to relatively large populations of Jews, particularly Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania, but also Virginia, Ohio and Colorado.
“Florida tops the list — 3.4 percent of registered voters are Jewish. Yet, because of strong turnout, Jews comprise as many as 8 percent of those who actually cast ballots.”
Thus, even though Jews compromise a tiny number of actual voters, the focus of the debate will be exclusively on matters which affect Israel and America’s subservience to the Zionist state.
“According to the American Jewish Committee poll, 71 percent of U.S. Jews agree ‘somewhat’ or ‘strongly’ with the statement, ‘Caring about Israel is a very important part of my being a Jew.’ Support for Israel among Jews extends equally across the political spectrum,” the Reuters article continued.
