JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – People in Jacksonville are reacting to Saturday’s news of the United States conducting airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
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To try and get as many responses as possible, News4JAX went to three areas in Jacksonville: A part of the Northside, the Southbank, and Riverside.
The majority of people we tried speaking with did not want to speak on camera; however, those who did had a lot to say.
Some said that what the current administration did is going to mess with the world’s diplomacy.
Others say they feel like the president was right to perform those airstrikes because it’s keeping the world safe.
And a few remained on the fence.
“It protects our country from attack from the cells that’s already planted here,” said one man who only wanted to be identified as a Jacksonville resident. “So we’re definitely for whatever [the] president has to do to take Iran and the nuclear intent out.”
A man named Darion, who is against the airstrikes, said, “I feel like when [President Trump] started, he said it was going to be America first, and 1750647016 it seems like it’s more about foreign policy.”
Another woman said she was concerned that the airstrikes could turn into something bigger that could lead to plenty of lost lives.
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