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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
This is a misleading comparison, though, but your point is taken. It would be difficult to know what a populace wants in a war-torn country, but I would suggest that in today's Western society, much of the public wouldn't have the stomachs for such acts of war. I wonder how many Americans view Hiroshima and Nagasaki as mistakes (for the lack of a better word).
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Putting aside the issue of bombing war torn countries for a sec.
A recent poll reported that nearly a third of US public supports torture in limited circumstances; the good news is that over half believe all torture should be prohibited.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi...d=&pnt=496&lb=
What is it that differentiates us from our western allies who face a similar "terrorist threat" yet countries like Spain, France, Great Britain overwhelmingly oppose the use of torture.
Could it be attributed in part to the fact that the American public has been carpet bombed with "terrorist" rhetoric by the WH for the last seven years?