Gallup: 55% Now Call Iraq War a 'Mistake'

[sabra]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002035997

Gallup: 55% Now Call Iraq War a 'Mistake'



NEW YORK More Americans than nearly ever before now say the war in Iraq is a "mistake" for the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. That figure now stands at 55%, up 4% point since late January. Only once before was the figure higher, at 59%, and that was during the period of overall pessimism right after Hurricane Katrina hit.

Gallup noted that it had asked this question about other wars involving the United States, "and only the Vietnam War engendered more public opposition than the current Iraq War. " The peak opposition to the Vietnam conflict was 61%. That figure for the generally unpopular Korean War was 51%.

When asked to assess the progress of the war, only 31% say the United States and its allies are winning the war – the lowest Gallup has measured to date. "A majority of Americans, 55%, say neither side is winning the war, while just 10% say the insurgents in Iraq are winning," Gallup reports.

[WI_DEM]

1. I wonder what the percentage would be if it asked if * was a mistake?

[mike_c]

2. it's not a MISTAKE, it's a WAR CRIME....

eom

[Radio_Guy]

3. How Saddam Hussein is on trial

and Bush is not on trial boggles the mind.

[Tom Joad]

7. Damn Straight! Wish Pelosi, Kerry, etc. would say it like that.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

8. took the words out of my mind

maybe Poland, Skandinavia, Benelux, Erance etc were a mistake too after all :sarcasm:

[Tom Joad]

16. Well, I'm just hope your satisfied you got so many followers Mach.

Seems they all read your book and took your suggestions to heart, Machiavelli. ;-)

Nothing about right and wrong anymore, just how to acquire power and keep it. The only argument is how best to enlarge the empire, not if the US should even have an empire at all.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

27. ethics can be so encumbersome

can't have that you know. :sarcasm:

[VegasWolf]

15. EXACTLY!!!!!!! nt

[Kierkegaard]

19. Oops. I accidently started a war with another country.

Sorry! My mistake...

[DemInDistress]

4. If I recall correctly the % of Americans who even wanted dimwit

to start this "LYING" war was 55% NO while 45% said yes... I see no change.

[rodeodance]

5. and this 31% is his base base.

.......When asked to assess the progress of the war, only 31% say the United States and its allies are winning the war

[Swede]

6. The immovable 30% would favor Bush if he grew horns and a tail.

Not sure why.

[Kierkegaard]

20. And after the Dubai port deal

it might be that all your base are belong to us.

Let the conversion begin...

:evilgrin:

[catmother]

9. i would have thought that the percentage would be higher.

:shrug:

[Massachusetts]

13. Ditto!

[Mythsaje]

10. What I think is most interesting

is that the numbers seem to go up and down. 4% more think the war was a mistake than they did last month, yet the numbers were 4% higher than that even after Katrina.

What's up with that? Is there really roughly ten percent of the population who are thinking "well, the war was a mistake LAST month, but now it's not?"

What the hell kind of screwy mental processes lead to those results?

[stepnw1f]

11. It's a War Crime for God's Sake

Call it what it really is.

[onehandle]

12. How many call it a crime?

A 2006 Democratic Congress = 2007 Impeachment.

[ckramer]

25. Love to see that happen

Give Bush a dishonor discharge from the White House.

[corkhead]

14. 55% don't support our troops? do they hate our freedums?

:sarcasm:

[pinniped]

17. Gee, I wonder what the turning point was.

This looks like the same percentage of hardcore repukes who support monkeyboy no matter what.

--only 31% say the United States and its allies are winning the war--

When you ask these repukes how they arrived at their conclusion they change the subject and start talking about the Clenis.

[jaysunb]

18. if it's Gallup...

add 15% to that.

[coalition_unwilling]

21. "' . . .just 10% say the insurgents in Iraq are winning,' Gallup reports"

count me as one who says the "insurgents" have already won. They won by not losing.

[cliss]

22. When it hits 99%,

can we go home?

[ConcernedCanuk]

23. No, but maybe just invade another country and let Iraq self-destruct??

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[ckramer]

24. Bush should apologize to Saddam personally

Invading Iraq was the biggest joke in modern history. There was nothing wronger than that in the last 30 years of world history.

[goforit]

26. Screw you Gallop! Your still giving phoney ###s