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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReuters Exclusive: Americans broadly support Ukraine no-fly zone, Russia oil ban -poll
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A broad bipartisan majority of Americans think the United States should stop buying Russian oil and gas and work with NATO to set up "no-fly zones" to protect Ukraine from Russian air strikes, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Friday.
The poll, conducted Thursday and Friday, suggests that U.S. outrage is growing over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which in recent days has increasingly involved Russian bombing of urban areas.
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Some 74% of Americans - including solid majorities of Republicans and Democrats - said the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine, the poll found.
An equally bipartisan 80% of Americans said the United States should stop buying Russian oil. The White House on Friday said it was weighing cuts to U.S. imports of Russian oil, though it is proceeding cautiously, concerned about a spike in gasoline prices that would add to high inflation.
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David__77
(23,220 posts)
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)
should Russia prevail, the narrative will become that Biden is to blame for the defeat by being too weak to do the right thing, even when a majority of Americans wanted him to.
Its another heads, we win; tails, you lose trap set by the right.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)(Agree on the oil)
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)enki23
(7,786 posts)PSPS
(13,516 posts)I can see the oil part but "no-fly" zones is a knee-jerk reaction from people who watch too much TV or too many movies.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am afraid I don't really understand the implications.
Calculating
(2,954 posts)A million, two million, what if he more or less razes Ukraine to the ground killing millions? When the first Holocaust happened the world said "never again"
PortTack
(32,606 posts)Calculating
(2,954 posts)Any time there's an insurgency incident he'll have a bunch of citizens lined up and shot. This man is evil incarnate, but he isn't stupid.
PortTack
(32,606 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)"Oh, don't be such prudes, you silly people. Putin won't use nukes over Ukraine. Trust me. I know stuff." -- Random internet guy
Calculating
(2,954 posts)Because he won't stop with Ukraine in that case.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)and threaten to go nuclear if the Alliance doesnt back down.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)Meanwhile, their inability to execute even the most basic elements of conventional warfare against an opponent that has inferior amounts of resources is on display for the world to see. But hey, have at it. You aren't the first to make a purely emotional argument on this issue and I doubt you will be the last.
tman
(983 posts)Calculating
(2,954 posts)Putin isn't going to launch nukes over Ukraine, time to stop letting this sadistic bully commit genocide.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)PortTack
(32,606 posts)Is really really important good news.
Pootie is going to become more desperate in the coming days. Desperate men do desperate things
tritsofme
(17,325 posts)The Iraq War started out with broad approval from American voters as well, doesnt mean it was a good idea.