Poll: Support for Iraq war reaches new low

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new low of 30 percent of Americans say they support the U.S. war in Iraq and, for the first time, most Americans say they don’t believe it is morally justified, a poll released Tuesday said.

In the poll, which was carried out Friday through Sunday, 30 percent of respondents said they favor the war in Iraq; 41 percent said they oppose it because they think the 2003 decision to go to war was a mistake; 26 percent said they oppose it because they think it has been mismanaged; and 3 percent said they had no opinion. (Full Poll Results )

Support is down 4 points from what it was May 4-6, when 34 percent of respondents said they favored the U.S. war in Iraq.

Asked during the latest poll how things are going for the United States in Iraq, more than two-thirds (69 percent) said badly — 4 percent said “very well,” 26 percent said “moderately well,” 25 percent said “moderately badly” and 44 percent said “very badly.”

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/26/poll-support-for-iraq-war-reaches-new-low/

[closeupready]

1. Doesn't matter. Both parties will continue to push for whatever it is we are trying to accomplish

over there as part of attempts to be seen as strong on anti-terrorism.

[Beetwasher]

2. 30% Of The Country Is Mentally Ill

"...4 percent said “very well,” 26 percent said “moderately well,” '

I'm serious. At this point it's mental illness and malignant personality disorders and/or severe character deficiency among this segment of the population.

[OldschoolDem]

3. War is never a popular thing especially when unpopular president

is running it.

[muntrv]

4. Yet the congressional Dems still give shrub what he wants. Lame!!

[Phredicles]

5. At the start of "Democracy Now" this morning there was also mention of a poll that

said two-thirds of respondents favored immediate withdrawal.