Posted by
Richard on Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:37:28 PM
Poll: Most Europeans oppose Iran strike
GEORGE CONGER
THE JERUSALEM POST
"Support for a military response finds almost no support in Europe, with less than 3% of Russians, and 4% of Germans, 6% of the French, or 8% of the UK backing force, the survey released by the BBC last week said. While opinions on what to do about Iran are sharply divided, few believe Teheran's protestations that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. Worldwide, 60% believed Iran is "trying to produce nuclear weapons." In the US and Israel over 83% hold this opinion, as do a majority of South Koreans (76%), Italians (74%), and Brazilians (72%). In three nations, significant minorities believe Iran's nuclear interests are benign: Iraq, 38%, Egypt, 38%, and Indonesia, 35%. However, even in these three, substantially more believe Iran intends to develop nuclear weapons; Iraq, 60%, Egypt, 54%, and Indonesia, 47%."
Why doesn't this suprise me? However I wonder how many of the European citizens were actually born there and how many were immigrants? The survey does not specify. Many of them might have been Muslims that were asked. What does amaze me is that even predomently Muslim nations do not believe that Iran is using the nuclear technology for peace purposes.