Reuters: “Sixty percent of Americans support the U.S. and allied military action in Libya to impose a no-fly zone to protect civilians from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday found.” You know what this tells me? It tells me that the media continues to get the American people to go along with government policy. It does NOT tell me that they are following events in Libya closely and have made an informed decision. I mean, the majority also supported the Iraq War erroneously believing that Saddam had a hand in 9/11.
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I wonder if the polls are right.
On the other hand, we know how ill-informed Americans are, and despite the recession, loss of their homes and banks taking their tax dollars, most Americans take it in the rare and keep on going.
It would not surprise me that despite knowing the nation is bankrupt, the public would yet support another misadventure with no end in sight.
Very disappointing.
But the military intervention has been evolving without any unexpected consequences so far. Let’s hope the situation in Iraq or Afghanistan will not repeat and the dictatorial regime of the Libyan president will soon be turned down.