New Poll: Diplomacy Not Duhplomacy
A new Gallup poll is showing that Americans are not buying what Bush and McCain are shoveling. Bush and McCain are trying to convince us that engaging our enemies diplomatically is the same as Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of the Nazis. My fellow citizens, it seems, are smarter than the current administration and the Republican presidential nominee would care to think.
Large majorities of Democrats and independents, and even about half of Republicans, believe the president of the United States should meet with the leaders of countries that are considered enemies of the United States. Overall, 67% of Americans say this kind of diplomacy is a good idea.
About 6 in 10 Americans (59%) think it would be a good idea for the president of the United States to meet with the president of Iran. This includes about half of Republicans, a majority of independents, and most Democrats.
Even Republican voters are beginning to figure out that talking to our enemies is not the same as bending over for our enemies. Americans want a return to diplomacy and an end to duhplomacy. To quote Moshe Dayan, “If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
Americans Favor President Meeting With U.S. Enemies