More say Iraq has reduced U.S. safety (52% say less safe, up from 39%)

[Barrett808]

More say Iraq has reduced U.S. safety
Bush's approval rating edges up slightly after London attacks

(CNN) -- The number of Americans who believe the war in Iraq has made the United States less safe from terrorism spiked sharply after last week's terror attacks in London, according to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

President Bush's approval rating, meanwhile, edged up slightly, according to the poll of 1,006 Americans conducted Thursday through Sunday.

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The proportion of respondents who said they believe the war in Iraq has made the United States less safe from terrorism jumped to 54 percent in the latest poll. That is a dramatic increase from 39 percent in the poll conducted June 29-30, a week before the London attacks.

Of the 489 people asked that specific question, 40 percent believed the Iraq war had made the United States safer -- down from 44 percent in the previous poll.

The other 517 poll respondents were asked whether the Iraq war had made the world safer. Forty percent said it had, and 52 percent said it made the world less safe.


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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/11/bush.terror/

[acmavm]

1. PFFFT! Not possible. I understand busholini got a bump in the polls

after 7/7.

Can people be suffering from some kind of disconnect from reality? bush** gets a bump (a modest bump whatever that is) in his poll numbers yet more people think that we're less safe?

There sure are a bunch of stupid Americans out there.

[Straight Shooter]

2. I think the bump is because of his birthday on July 6.

Those who witnessed the celebration photos or videos, I guess they thought it made him seem more "human," if only for a fleeting moment. Or maybe it's a big middle finger to the other G8 members, as if standing by him right or wrong is a patriotic thing to do :shrug:

[Blasphemer]

4. Margin of error bump...

The Iraq war question is more revealing. I think it makes it less likely for the cabal to plan any more attacks as it creates no real improvement in the approval rating and it further tanks Iraq war support.

[wellst0nev0ter]

3. Heheh, 53 percent of Americans Objectively Pro-Saddam

what is our country coming to? :rofl:

[Barrett808]

5. Yes, send them to Gitmo n/t