# Only 21% of USAs population favor a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557 "2006-09-21T14:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/41 "2006-10-03T19:48:32Z")
Except they are dug in this time. Will Israel use nukes.? We call them tactical nuclear weapons. Did we give them to Israel? How ugly would that get.? ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/42 "2006-10-06T12:40:28Z")
I’ll just note that any offensive action by Israel will, in practice, need prior U.S. approval. Or at the very least, will widely be interpreted as having such. This would especially be the case if they decide to use nuclear weapons. Which would set a very bad precedent, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/43 "2006-10-06T13:05:05Z")
I just wish Mr. Swede would stop spreading fresh manure on his lawn. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/44 "2006-10-06T15:10:48Z")
21 % are willing to bomb a soverign nation ,prompted by a deceitful and lying administration. An administration cames down on the side of war profiteering and against human rights. More innocent civilian sblood on the collective hands of America. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/45 "2006-10-06T15:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] Both yeas and no. Iraq is some sort of ally to Iran because axis of evil label, but they where at war with each other in the 1980’s. [/QUOTE] :dubious: They’ve been at war, off and on, since the time of Christ. If not longer. ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/46 "2006-10-09T13:53:29Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] :dubious: They’ve been at war, off and on, since the time of Christ. If not longer. [/QUOTE] Iraq has only existed as a nation from 1920 onwards. During that time, they’ve only had one war with Iran, which they started. At the time of Christ, the Parthian empire (founded by Scythian-Parni nomads in what is today northeaster Iran) was in conflict with the Roman empire, and with the kingdoms of the Indus valley. The Parthian king Gondophares (ruled 21-47 AD) is said to have been baptized by St Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557/47 "2006-10-09T13:55:39Z")
Those Sumerians and Assyrians were wont to duke it out regularly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-21-of-usas-population-favor-a-military-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/373557.md?page=2)