Sunday, April 01, 2007

Iran crisis

The Telegraph has an opinion poll, which it doesn't seem to refer to much, but which has some interesting findings:

66% trust Blair and Beckett to resolve the crisis, as opposed to 28 who don't.

45% think the crisis has been handled well by the Government, and 41 don't.

On what course of action should be taken next, 40% say there should be no apology but diplomacy must continue, 26% say we should apologise and ask for captives back, 17% want full sanctions, and 7% want preparation for military action.

If diplomacy fails, 44% back military action, and 48% oppose it.


Over at the Telegraph the commenters are less unsure of the correct action (these are the top three at 17:47) - I can't tell if they are entirely seriously:

nuke the hole [sic] country. you wont have that kind of problem any more. the leaders of our country have to stand up for what is wright [sic].
Posted by roger oppelt on April 1, 2007 3:54 PM
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I'm a british muslim and even i have to join the band wagon of - NUKE EM!!
NUKE EM good
Posted by mohammed akbar on April 1, 2007 3:39 PM
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I think we should take 15 major cities in iran, one for each captured sailor, and push the red button and teach those rogue nations what could become of them.Then turn any other nation into a glass desert if they dont like it..
Posted by F. Parsons on April 1, 2007 3:37 PM

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