Americans Regret Iraq War, Say Casualties Unacceptable (TNS/WP/ABC)

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Polling Data

All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting, or not?

Aug. 28 Jun. 26 Jun. 5
Yes, worth fighting 46% 46% 41%
No, not worth fighting 53% 53% 58%

Again thinking about the goals versus the costs of the war, so far in your opinion has there been an acceptable or unacceptable number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq?

Aug. 28Jun. 26 Jun. 5
Acceptable 30% 29% 25%
Unacceptable 68% 69% 73%

Do you think the United States is or is not making significant progress toward restoring civil order in Iraq?

Aug. 2005 Jun. 2005 Dec. 2004
Is making progress 48% 48% 44%
Is not making progress 50% 51% 49%

Source: TNS / Washington Post / ABC News
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,006 American adults, conducted from Aug. 25 to Aug. 28, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8815


Americans Offer Mixed Views on Iraq’s Future

<snip> Polling Data

Please tell me whether you think each of the following is likely or unlikely to happen in Iraq in the next year.

Likely Unlikely
Peace and internal security will be established 30% 69%
A democratic form of government will be established 48% 51%
The Iraqi government will be friendly to the United States 54% 45%
U.S. military casualties in Iraq will continue at the same rate or at a higher rate than now 82% 16%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 507 American adults, conducted from Aug. 28 to Aug. 30, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8807

[still_one]

1. well, to the ones who decided it wasn't worth it to vote

GO TO HELL

You are as responsible as those who voted this administration in

[Zodiak]

3. They are in hell

They just don't know it yet.

Quoth Teresa Kerry: "they want four more year of hell"

[still_one]

5. Sometimes people have to learn the hard way

but why do the rest of us have to be taken along for the ride?

[Catch22Dem]

2. Unless I'm reading this wrong, the numbers are going the WRONG way

All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting, or not?

Aug. 28 Jun. 26 Jun. 5
Yes, worth fighting 46% 46% 41%
No, not worth fighting 53% 53% 58%

Again thinking about the goals versus the costs of the war, so far in your opinion has there been an acceptable or unacceptable number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq?

Aug. 28Jun. 26 Jun. 5
Acceptable 30% 29% 25%
Unacceptable 68% 69% 73%

Do you think the United States is or is not making significant progress toward restoring civil order in Iraq?

Aug. 2005 Jun. 2005 Dec. 2004
Is making progress 48% 48% 44%
Is not making progress 50% 51% 49%

All those numbers are going in the wrong direction. Are you telling me more people think the war was worth fighting NOW than did in June?

[54anickel]

4. Strange, isn't it? It's like the dates are reversed. WTF?...n/t

[struggle4progress]

10. I think you're probably right, but I can't find a supporting link.

I have seen that website reverse numbers from time to time in the past.

[LeighAnn]

6. Yeah, well let them take this poll today

I'm willing to bet the trend would turn sharply in the other direction.

[donco6]

7. I think the dates are backward. eom

[IndianaGreen]

9. The people are confused about the war

Many of them still believe that Iraq was involved in 9/11. It would be hard for people that believe such nonsense to grasp that they were lied to into a costly war.

[alarcojon]

12. You have a point

but does $3+ a gallon gasoline hit these people where it matters most - in the pocketbook?

[IndianaGreen]

13. $3 or $4 a gallon of gas still does not generate the proper response

People think only of their own pocketbooks without stopping to think that their relatively small pain is part of the great harm that Bush has done to our country.

[alarcojon]

14. We will see

when the post-Katrina/$3-$4 gas set of polls comes out. People might be pissed enough with Bush for the country to turn that corner we have all been waiting for so long.

[bpilgrim]

15. yeah, once we 'win' the price will go back to a buck

and the neoCONs are gonna milk that meme till it kills us all.

peace

[meganmonkey]

8. "Regret" ????

Interesting choice of words...

What about those of us who were out in the streets protesting this war 6 months before it even started? And 2 months before it started? And the day it started? And another dozen or so times since then?

No regrets here.

:shrug:

[NYC Liberal]

11. Gee, I wonder how they could have put an end to it....

:eyes:

[daleo]

16. This poll was taken August 28, before Katrina.

Support for the war should plummet in polls taken after Katrina.