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The War Next Time

March 13, 2012

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5:22 pm

Rod Dreher

Noting polling showing that nearly six in 10 Americans believe the Afghan war is no longer worth fighting, Clark Stooksbury asks:

So, Americans, will you remember this the next time it seems like such a good idea to go into war and perhaps be a bit more skeptical? Oh, who am I kidding?

Yeah you right. The new CBS/NYT poll finds a majority of Americans (51 percent) support taking military action against Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. Only 36 percent oppose. The rest don’t know. (See the poll result in this PDF, on page 22). When asked what the US should do if Israel attacks Iran, 47 percent said support Israel, 42 percent said “stay out of it.”

about the author

Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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