A new Gallup poll indicates the 58% of U.S. residents polled say they favor U.S. military action against North Korea if the U.S. “cannot accomplish its goals by more peaceful means first.” Like most polls it is tendentiously worded.
What are “its goals”? U.S. goals? What national, discussed and decided, “goals” do we have (as a nation) as regards the Korean peninsula?
I’m actually a U.S. citizen and a specialist in East Asian history. Frankly, I know a lot about Korea....
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Why Would 58% Favor U.S. Bombing of North Korea?
Gary Leupp is Professor of History at Tufts University, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Religion
Why Would 58% Favor U.S. Bombing of North Korea?
Gary Leupp is Professor of History at Tufts University, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Religion
Excellent article by Pepe.
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ReplyDeleteWhy publish polls? If polls were simply needed by the powers that be to measure where the head of the electorate is at, they wouldn't be published. The only reason to publish the polls is so to help the electorate see what is "inevitable" and therefore where they need to reconcile themselves to getting on board or getting out of the way. So therefore the "best" polling questions are those that are designed to create inevitability.