| JeremySF |
03-10-2003 04:36 PM |
Quote:
Originally posted by gripcash
Article about a study regarding position on the war and knowledge about the facts of the war:
http://www.sklar.com/texts/gulf-war-media
Here's the main conclusion:
"...our study revealed a direct correlation between knowledge and opposition to the war. The more people know, in other words, the less likely they were to support the war policy. The argument we are making here is not based on politics, but on statistics. We are not saying that people against the war are right and those in favor of it are wrong, merely that since our study shows a clear relation between between knowledge and opinion..."
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I could prove to you that shit flies. You start with a thesis then find as much supporting documentation as you can find. This is done all the time. For every medical study that says A causes B, there's two that refute it.
The fact is the toughline policy against Iraq was crafted by neocon intellectuals who all went to Harvard and Yale. They're hardly uninformed. They've spent literally years studying this issue.
If you know about the neocons, they became a force during the Reagan administration. Many of them came from the far left (in fact socialist left), but eventually saw the light and became the most hardcore proponents of a strong, cohesive strategy to eradicate communism. Unlike their predecessors who failed at eradicating communism, with Reagan they were triumphant.
Likewise, they contend that militant islamo-fascism, particularly Wahabism, is more insidious than communism and must be dealt with accordingly. That's their agenda! |
