Facts Get in the Way of Good Israel-bashing

A recent Rasmussen poll showed the biases of the pollsters and the cluelessness of its respondents with regard to Israel's long overdue action to stop Hamas-sponsored rocket attacks from Gaza. Rasmussen reported the results as follows:

A majority of Democrats (55%) say Israel should have tried to find a
diplomatic solution first, a view shared by just 27% of Republicans.

There are three very large problems with this report: (1) the question erroneously assumes that Israel did not attempt to find a "diplomatic" resolution; (2) the question erroneously limits its definition of "diplomacy" to talking through diplomats rather than including military force as one of many potential actions that constitute diplomacy; and (3) there is an utter cluelessness on the part of 55% of Democrats and 27% of Republicans who obviously assume that Hamas is interested in conducting diplomatic talks with Israel.