Poll finds less support for action against Iraq
 

Take a look at the numbers for "Should the US send troops if it gets no support form western allies"

What do you think?

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[quote:5b41e]WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new poll suggests that support for a proposed U.S. attack against the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has fallen off in the past two months and the public is split over whether the United States will actually be at war with Iraq by the end of the year.

Also, a majority of the survey respondents said they believed the United States shouldn't send in troops if Western allies do not endorse it.

In a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Monday through Wednesday, nearly all Americans who responded said they believe that Iraq is a threat to the United States. Only 1 percent said Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction and is not trying to develop them.

Poll respondents were evenly split, 45 percent to 45 percent, over whether the United States will be at war with Iraq by the end of the year. Just 8 percent said that Saddam is not supporting terrorist groups that have plans to attack the United States.

Respondents said they were less certain that Saddam was involved in the September 11 attacks -- a bare majority believe he was, but a third don't think so and one in eight were unsure.

Only one in five said the United States should attack Iraq without help from allies.

But Bush's popularity does not appear to have political coattails, and the possibility of war with Iraq does not seem to have affected voters' choices in this year's congressional races.

By a 41 percent to 30 percent margin, Americans polled said that Republicans are more likely than the Democrats to make the right decisions on Iraq. In addition, 55 percent of those polled said their votes hinged more on economic conditions than on policy toward Iraq.

Democrats had a six-point edge in the "generic ballot" in July and have an eight-point advantage now.

Even with the vagaries associated with the generic ballot, the relative stability indicates that Iraq and other events in the past month have not affected voting intentions.

Meanwhile, it has been a cruel summer for President Bush's approval rating, which has slipped from 76 percent in June to 65 percent -- however, still relatively high.

The poll surveyed 801 Americans. Its margin of error is 3.5 percent.

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/23/cnn.po ... index.html

More propaganda is needed, Bush ! Feed the sheep and they will follow you
for more.

GO TO WAR DAMMIT! angel:

Western Allies

on a map isn't uh....North America on the west....

cant we all just... get along

Its been a while since there has been a large war...GO TO WAR! THE WORLD NEEDS IT!

we are at war with terror. fuk osama and his fuking taliban

Thats not good enough, young potty mouth!

The world does need a war, im in lets kick some ass!

*Grabs Shovel, Grabs Goggles, Grabs Gloves*

evil:

*grabs M4* tripper ill lead the way you follow up behind me, just dont jab me in the a*s with the shovel

*Gets into position*
GO GO GO!

*walks in fires a few shots, 3 guys go down* /me releases leash on tripper go get em boy!!

*dives in and jabs shovel in ass*

CENSORED FOR WOOKIE! evil:

Very true.

Does this answer all the questions I was receiving in the Terrorist Tape thread?

Yes one persons cynical answer is the answer to all questions, oh and FWB why are'nt you attacking this bit of CNN info?, do you only attack the CNN info that does'nt follow your thinking??

I oppose the use of US ground troops in Iraq.
We can royally whip them in the air and in desert tank battles, but when thye fight gets into the cities all our stealth and smart-bomb technology will become useless.

Since the top 1/4 of Iraq is controlled by Kurds we should make them do it, just give them air cover (like we did with the Northern Alliance against the Taliban)

I don't see saddam as a worthy opponent to waste American boys on!

[quote="Pfc.Green":67069]Yes one persons cynical answer is the answer to all questions,[/quote:67069]

Do you know what you're saying? That sentence has no relevenace here.

[quote:67069] oh and FWB why are'nt you attacking this bit of CNN info?, do you only attack the CNN info that does'nt follow your thinking??[/quote:67069]

Its not a only CNN poll (plus there are other sources which suppport it) and while it doesn't represent the mass of the population, it still, very kindly, highlights what I was trying to get through to all the yes-men in the last thread.

May I ask Green, why do you post in reply to my comments when you have, every single time, come up with... no offense... rubbish? Its justa musing you haven't learnt your lesson yet, especially after our little PM eexchange.