57% of Americans Favor Military Response to North Korea Missile Launch

So says this Rasmussen poll. The majority of U.S. voters prefer a military response to eliminate North Korea's missile launching capabilities. Only 15% oppose military action.

I think this is a surprisingly high number, considering America's recent distaste for the expansion of their military operations overseas (i.e. Iraq). While the vast majority of American's want to completely pull our forces out of Iraq, now this poll suggests the majority wish to engage North Korea to try and shut down their launching capabilities.

This will not have any real effect on whether or not U.S. forces, or a joint international force actually strike at North Korea, but it is an interesting statistic.

Perhaps, with this very loud international outcry against North Korea, combined with favorable numbers at home, the U.S. will consider undertaking a military campaign. But we have seen this posturing before from Kim Jong-il, and until I hear something completely new, I don't expect military action for the time being.