That’s according to Rasmussen:
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North Korea’s missile launching capability. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure.
Now to me, this is where it gets real fun:
Just three percent (3%) of voters view North Korea as an ally while 46% say it’s an enemy. Surprisingly, the latter number is down 14 points from a survey in mid-February despite North Korea’s belligerent talk before the missile launch.
Forty-four percent (44%) now say North Korea is somewhere between an ally and an enemy, while eight percent (8%) are not sure.
54% of these people don’t know that North Korea has threatened the United States repeatedly in the last decade, arms terrorist groups via rogue governments, and supplies enemies of the United States with arms.
And, it gets even better:
Sixty-four percent (64%) of Republicans consider North Korea an enemy of the United States. That view is shared by 50% of unaffiliateds and 28% of Democrats. Most Democrats (57%) place North Korea somewhere between ally and enemy.
72% of the Democrats responding have absolutely no clue whatsoever what North Korea is doing. North Korea is not somewere between an ally and enemy. They are flat-out an enemy at this time. They are doing what they can do develope missiles to reach the United States. They are doing everything they can to market their military weapons so countries can use them against the United States. There is no grey area here. Somehow, 72% of these Democrats polled either have no clue or don’t care. But, out of that number of people who are so clueless they don’t know who their enemies are, 57% think we should attack them for launching that rocket.
Regardless of the fact North Korea has done it before.
Regardless of the fact it was supposed to be a peaceful launch of a satellite.
Regardless of the fact it posed no threat to the United States.
Regardless of the fact it fell harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean.
Regardless of all that, a huge number of people who do not consider North Korea an enemy were ready to attack them for doing what China, India, France, Russia, and many other countries have done, launch a satellite.
I am going to bet CNN was right a year and a half ago, 43% of expected voters just don’t think national security’s that important. Domestic issues are much more so. If a person truly feels that way, then being totally clueless about what happens in North Korea makes sense and therefore attacking North Korea for launching a satellite makes a lot more sense than attacking Iraq over possible WMD’s did in 2003.
Either way, Obama didn’t attack North Korea. He instead demanded North Korea’s strongest allies, who are most likely supplying North Korea with the supplies to build these rockets, do something about North Korea. They refused.
Given the two options of totally clueless people thinking we should have attacked North Korea for launching a satellite, or, the totally clueless POTUS demanding North Korea’s strongest allies and suppliers spank North Korea, I guess, I have to, go along with the totally clueless POTUS on this one. Only so long as he does not FUBAR our missile defense or military presence near North Korea. When it comes to missiles, the only way Obama is going to get what he wants is to have a state of the art missile defense shield whether Russia likes it or not. Until he has that technology and capability, one more satellite launch by North Korea and they could have the possibility of pointing their rockets directly at Hollywood. Then, expect Iran to have the same capability pointing at Israel. On and on and on it will go as North Korea exports their #1 commodity to any despot willing to pay cash.
The only way you’ll eliminate the arms race is to build a defense system that neutralizes missiles. Wishful thinking and “setting an example” won’t do it.
Attacking North Korea for launching a “satellite” would have been a diplomatic fubar beyond anything Bush ever imagined. Plus, it would have created a political nightmare for Obama who claimed rather adamantly that Iraq was a mistake since they posed no harm to the US.
Besides, there are much more discreet ways of getting your message accross.
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