Americans Don't Want A War With Iran

Republicans are upset with the Obama administration because they have reached an interim agreement with Iran, which if implemented could lead to a permanent agreement. The neo-cons are upset because it means they probably won't get the war with Iran that they so badly want, and the rest are just upset because they hate any accomplishments by President Obama. They would have us think that President Obama making peace is worse than their own hero (Ronald Reagan) selling arms illegally to that same government (and doing it while that government was holding American hostages).

It just goes to show how ridiculous and hypocritical the GOP position on Iran is. Fortunately, the American people are not falling for their silly lies this time -- and a new Reuters/Ipsos Poll (taken between November 24th and 26th of 591 nationwide respondents, with a margin of error of 4.9 points) shows that the GOP once again finds itself at odds with public opinion.

It seems that twice as many Americans support the agreement reached with Iran as oppose it. A plurality of 44% support it, while only 22% are against it. And it gets even worse for the Republicans. Even if the agreement fails, the American public doesn't want any military action against Iran -- with only 20% saying military action should be taken, while 80% (four out of five Americans) say it should not be taken. About 49% say more sanctions would be appropriate, while 31% say more diplomacy should be tried.

And it's not just Iran. As the third chart below shows, the general public doesn't want another war anywhere in the Middle East, with 65% saying no to military action unless there's a direct threat to the United States (which wasn't true for Iraq or Afghanistan, and wouldn't be true for Iran). The American people are sick of war, and no longer believe the Republican lies condoning military intervention.

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And while I was at the Reuters/Ipsos site I ran across their 5-day rolling average survey on the 2016 presidential preference among Republican voters, and I thought ya'll might be interested in how it stands right now. It seems that the current leaders are Paul Ryan and Christie (who are tied with 24%). Jeb Bush is in third with a bit more than 14%. Both Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have faded a bit, and are now down into single digits.