3/22/2011

Libya and UK Public Opinion

A YouGov poll for the Sun shows 45 per cent of people supporting action by Britain, the US and France, and 36 per cent stating that it is wrong.
However, a ComRes/ITN poll shows almost exactly the opposite, with 35 per cent in favour of action and 43 per cent opposed to it.

2 comments:

  1. The vast majority of Americans could not point to Libya on a map if their life depended on it.
    But they will give the OK for another war of aggression.

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  2. Yes, that's a sad consideration. I remember reading an anecdote about Condoleeza Rice, considered an intellectual, I believe. She said, when the post 9-11 bombing of Afghanistan was first being considered, 'When we saw where it was on the map.. our blood ran cold'. Not as cold as mine when I thought of the fact that someone in her position didn't know where Afghanistan was.

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