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Poll Watch: If Israel Attacks Iran 49 Per Cent Say United States Should Help
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — What is amazing to me is that 37 per cent say the United States should do NOTHING to help Israel. Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans say that if Israel launches an attack against Iran, the United States should help Israel. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% believe the United States should do nothing while just 2% believe the U.S. should help Iran. Last summer, just 42% said the United States should help Israel while 46% said the nation should do nothing. Sixty-four percent (64%) of Republicans ...

Third Man In
Weekly Standard Blog — ... In hockey it's called the third-man-in rule -- the third man in to any fight gets thrown out of the game. I was never a fan of that rule. If your teammate needs help in a fight -- even if he started it -- you're pretty much expected to join in. So it's not surprising that Rasmussen found: ...

U.S.-Israeli cooperation starting to break down under Obama?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... than with other states. Serious question: If you’re Obama and your worst nightmare is an unexpected Israeli attack on Iran that provokes a regional war and jeopardizes the world’s oil supply, why on earth would you alienate the Israeli leadership? Wouldn’t you want to get as close to them as possible, to exert maximum influence? This doesn’t add up. It’s almost like saying, “We’re not friends anymore, so do whatever you want.” Plausible deniability, in other words. For the record, a near-majority says that if Israel attacks, the U.S. should “help.” Only 37 percent say we ...

Obama and Netanyahu Meet: What's Next?
Daniel Pipes :: Writings — ... . Likewise, Republicans endorse the United States helping Israel attack Iran far more than Democrats. With Democrats now dominating Washington, this disparity implies a cooling from the George W. Bush years. ...