A new survey has found that a record number of registered voters in the United States oppose the war on Iran and believe there is no strategy to end it.
A survey published on Thursday by Fox News found that 71 percent of voters believe the Trump administration “lacks a clear strategy” for ending the hostilities, which have helped to raise inflation and send fuel prices soaring.
Amazingly there’s still people in the us who think this war is just…
It’s roughly the same percentage of people who blindly support orangeboi no matter what
But it’s now below 30%, at least in that one poll (which is a Fox News poll no less). That’s kind of amazing. I thought he would never drop below about 33% in any of these polls because of those fanatical cult members.
It having dropped to 29% is actually a big deal. And it’s probably what’s setting klaxons off in the GOP and seeing the administration frantically try to simultaneously bribe and disenfranchise voters.
There’s political blood in the water.
For the first time ever those mouth breathing dimwits are feeling the consequences in a way that’s easy to connect and immediately impactful to their life.
seeing the administration frantically try to simultaneously bribe and disenfranchise voters. That was always part of the plan.
From my observation, a quarter to a third of population are always fanatical idiots. This can generally be observed across voting patterns in many countries.
Yes. And you can rely on those fanatics to turn up on voting day. But when a large percentage of the remainder decides not to vote, you get this crap. Whats the point of fighting for the right to vote if youre just gonna flush it because you dont like the choices?
Americans bewilder me.
They’re here on Lemmy, and they’re fucking nuts. I recently saw one say that opposition to the Iran war sounded like something Russia and China would be in favor of 😬
It’s actually a good point, ending it probably is something Russia & China would be in favour of, but that doesn’t make it wrong…
It’s an unjust war started by a narcisstic moronic fascist, but that doesn’t make the Iranian leadership any less of a toxic dictatorship.
Making decisions based on what Russia and China think and not the effects of those policies and harm to others is honestly baby brained. Not accusing you of that, but that’s definitely what the original comment I was referencing was doing. All people everywhere deserve to be free, including the Iranian people, but the terror campaign initiated by the US and Israel against Iran makes nobody safer and senselessly kills many.
Would they? The war is damaging US reputation further worldwide, isn’t that good for Russia and China?
Russia yes, China probably no. Russia exports oil so Hormuz getting blocked is good for them, but China imports oil and would much rather oil prices stay low until they can fully decarbonize. The US squandering its soft power is probably a cherry on top for Russia and a silver lining for China, but the latter would probably still rather have fuel for their factories.
Lots of Americans will believe whatever Israel tells them to and get mad at anyone who calls it out.
There are always people who will support ANY war. They are cowards who only feel safe when America is lashing out.
The fact that opposition isn’t 100% boggles my fucking mind.
The only metric here is (fuel) price. Who cares about the war crimes, dead people, destroyed countries and so on.
Yeah literally no one wanted this
Dedicated conservatives are like “he broke this promise” lol
“Isn’t there someone in this room you’re not getting to ask” - American oil executives.
This has been one of the biggest boons to American oil producers in the nation’s history. Not only has this irreparably damaged opec, but it’s happening at the same time we have sanctions on Russia, and have control over Venezuelan oil reserves.
America’s foreign policy is directly being controlled by big oil.
Yeah they’ve always been the real controllers of the party, congrats to stupid rednecks and their fell for it again award
We have sanctions on Russia? Didn’t Trump try to block all of those?
Nah, I think at one point he agreed to ease certain sanctions as a bargaining tool, but I’m not sure if they were ever paused. Even if some were eased in the past new sanctions on both Iran and Russia just passed through the house today.
They’re blaming Biden, either for starting the war, or for giving nukes to Iran. I wish I was kidding. I hear it all day at work.
I mean, Biden does get his fair share of blame here for slow-walking negotiations with Iran among other things. He obviously didn’t start the war, but his choices led to prolonging the post-JCPOA situation where such a war was even possible. That doesn’t excuse Trump, you know, starting the damn war, but there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Also his unwavering support of military aid for Israel put them in the position where they felt like they could push for this
If there’s anything the last 10-15 years of politics should have taught us it’s that we need to neutralize the Joe Bidens and Hillary Clintons of the world or we’re going to inevitably end up with more Donald Trumps seizing power
That sounds like a both-sides argument to soften the garbage and lies Trump has perpetuated.
Biden was having talks starting in 2021. Needless to say, Iran both refused to agree on terms and insisted that talks be held via an intermediary, even though Washington was willing to negotiate directly with Iran, slowing negotiations further.
That’s a far cry from Biden “slow-walking.”
That sounds like a both-sides argument to soften the garbage and lies Trump has perpetuated.
My tolerance for this kind of bullshit has been low lately, so if you’re going to continue this assuming I’m an undercover MAGA just tell me so I can do something better with my time.
Biden was having talks starting in 2021. Needless to say, Iran both refused to agree on terms
The original JCPOA took 18 months to negotiate, and the Iranian elected government (which, yeah, it’s not very powerful but they have one of those) was run by moderates at the time. Trump reneging on the JCPOA helped the hardliners win the next election, and the Iranians of course lost what little trust they had in America for the same reason, so by all means it was going to be harder than the original run. Biden did not do a better job, or even the same quality of job, as Obama. For example you have him refusing to walk back Trump-era escalation requested by Netanyahu and reneging on his own word to back up Israel. And, of course, he did nothing (or whatever he did wasn’t very successful) to restrain Israel from escalating with Iran in this period, which can’t have helped him earn the Iranians’ trust. In short, he thought he could play hardball when he had to earn back the Iranians’ trust that his predecessor had squandered.
That sounds like a both-sides argument to soften the garbage and lies Trump has perpetuated.My tolerance for this kind of bullshit has been low lately, so if you’re going to continue this assuming I’m an undercover MAGA just tell me so I can do something better with my time.Biden was having talks starting in 2021. Needless to say, Iran both refused to agree on termsThe original JCPOA took 18 months to negotiate, and the Iranian elected government (which, yeah, it’s not very powerful but they have one of those) was run by moderates at the time. Trump reneging on the JCPOA helped the hardliners win the next election, and the Iranians of course lost what little trust they had in America for the same reason, so by all means it was going to be harder than the original run. Biden did not do a better job, or even the same quality of job, as Obama. For example you have him refusing to walk back Trump-era escalation requested by Netanyahu and reneging on his own word to back up Israel. And, of course, he did nothing (or whatever he did wasn’t very successful) to restrain Israel from escalating with Iran in this period, which can’t have helped him earn the Iranians’ trust. In short, he thought he could play hardball when he had to earn back the Iranians’ trust that his predecessor had squandered.Both sides!
FTFY
I’m of the opinion that Trump’s second term was all about him enriching himself and friends and more importantly, getting back at americans as a whole for embarassing him and not electing him to consecutive terms.
Something his predecessor did, easily.
“yeah he lied about no new wars but we can’t have WMD’s in the middle east”
