The consequences over there have an effect on the west, so we do need an eye on it

The Middle East is an essential battleground for the US-Russian rivalry and the global Jewish system of geopolitical and financial control.

Some of the most important corridors for natural gas and oil transmission are in the Middle East.

Energy is the name of the game.

https://republicstandard.com/balkanizing-syria-barcelona-process-is-a-nato-crusade-for-bolton/
https://republicstandard.com/balkanizing-syria-the-genie-in-the-nato-lamp/
Two good articles detailing the central importance of pipelines in past conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the modern Syrian conflict.

Lex, are you the dude on /sg/ who makes the cool maps?

I've made some of these.

The one I sent yes.

I meant the Australian guy who replaced Ebin actually.

Nah.

Figures.

Also

Does anyone else think this damages the pollster's reputation?

Gallup has posted some very pro-GOP material before. I think ultimately individuals offer requests for information which they know will provide a certain result and Gallup acquiesces.

They're likely personally asked by someone prominent/perhaps paid off to conduct research in this area.

I don't doubt the accuracy of the result however.

Teachers tend to be a very left wing slanted profession.

In this particular poll it was left open-ended

It may have been in COMPARISON to the nearest suggestion. Many perhaps said "I don't know" or perhaps there were many options.

But yes, that's definitely worrisome.

They should have provided more information to clarify what they mean by "overwhelming"

Pretty much yes

Once you get into it it's very vague and hard to tell how "overwhelming" is defined

Multiple-choice plus multiple similar answers

Just a sloppy poll job IMO

https://news.gallup.com/poll/231224/teachers-prioritize-gun-control-prevent-shootings.aspx

Later on they get actually asked questions

Ultimately the poll was probably paid for by someone because no one really cares what teachers think

They're not security professionals or anything and it shows with the second actual policy question, where the "somewhat effective" category is cut by nearly half and goes entirely into "not effective at all," representing that probably about a tenth of the teachers actually looked into school security.

So 67%.

It adds up to over 150% so you can't tell how many answered the exact same way.

Very true.

It's very possible that everyone who said "just ban guns" gave out every other answer with gun control.

The second half is much more credible.

Ah, I see that. Open-ended.

Yes, very shoddy display.

Yep.

Pretty funny that every question in the second half of the poll got over 50% "effective"