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Don't read too much into those polls, now. Asking 1,011 people a question and then extrapolating that number across a population of almost 300,000,000 is dubious at best. If I were to take a stroll in my community and ask 1,000 people if they think the U.S. is 'bogged down', I can assure you that 80%+ would say no. Please don't discount Middle America, we're not a bunch of deranged dooms-day addicts with our heads in the sand.... despite what the 'media' may say. --Darin Anai Rhoads wrote: > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20030824/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_poll[1] > Sun Aug 24, 8:08 AM ET > > WASHINGTON - With public confidence declining in President Bush (news[2] - web > sites[3])'s handling of the war in Iraq (news[4] - web sites[5]), nearly 70 > percent of Americans feel the United States will be bogged down in the country > for years without achieving its goals, a poll finds. > > > > The Newsweek poll released Saturday also found that nearly 6 of 10 people are > concerned that the U.S. military will be overextended should another security > threat arise outside Iraq. And 7 of 10 are concerned the costs of the war will > increase the deficit and hurt the economy. > > The war costs the United States roughly $1 billion per week. > > The poll of 1,011 adults was taken Thursday and Friday, just after last week's > suicide truck bombing at the United Nations (news[6] - web sites[7]) > headquarters in Baghdad that killed the top U.N. envoy there and at least 22 > others. > > U.S. and British troops have also been targets of guerrilla attacks. Military > figures show that 135 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since May 1, when > President Bush declared the end of major combat operations there. > > Americans had mixed feelings over how to proceed. About 48 percent said the > United States should withdraw military personnel because of the attacks, while > 47 percent said the soldiers should stay. > > About 61 percent said the United States did the right thing in taking military > action, down 7 percent from a poll taken in late July. > > And 72 percent say they would support turning over some authority for > rebuilding Iraq to the United Nations. France, Russia, India and other > countries have ruled out sending soldiers to Iraq unless a multinational force > is authorized by the United Nations. > > The poll found that 54 percent approved of Bush's handling of the Iraqi > situation, down from 58 percent in late July. > > And for the first time in a Newsweek poll, the percentage of registered voters > who would not like to see Bush re-elected as president outnumbered those who > supported a second term (49 percent to 44 percent). > > The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. [8] > > ===References:=== > 1. >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20030824/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_poll > 2. >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22President%20Bush%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw > 3. >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/search/search?p=George+W.+Bush > 4. >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22Iraq%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw > 5. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=Iraq > 6. >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%22United%20Nations%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw > 7. >http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?cs=nw&p=United%20Nations > 8. http://g.msn.com/8HMNENUS/2749??PS= > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk