Americans: It's OK to Bomb Iran

A recent Zogby poll supports one of my "Top 10 Reasons" why Bush may bomb Iran before he leaves office:

A majority of likely voters – 52% – would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53% believe it is likely that the U.S. will be involved in a military strike against Iran before the next presidential election, a new Zogby America telephone poll shows.

From my September post on Bush's top 10 reasons:

9. Bush could discover that a U.S. attack on Iran is not so unpopular with the American public.

Bush must consider the fortunes of his Republican Party in the 2008 elections. Yet, a successful strike against Iran may trigger support even to the point of raising Bush's low poll numbers due to the Iraq war. Sympathy for Iran, given the 1979 hostage crisis, Iranian opposition to Israel and Iranian backing for groups like Hizballah and Hamas, is extremely low. Ahmadinejad's rhetoric about wiping Israel off the map and bombastic championing of Iran's nuclear rights add to a strong case for being concerned about the danger a nuclear-armed Iran could pose. In comparison with the messy way the Iraq intervention has turned out, the operation to de-fang Iran's nuclear ambitions could be quicker and easier.

--By Scott MacLeod/Cairo