Poll: Few Americans Think U.S. Is Winning War On Terro

[Hissyspit]

Source: CNN

Poll: Few Americans think U.S. is winning war on terror

Half those polled say no one is winning; 19 percent say terrorists are

In another poll, 61 percent say they're not happy with how war on terror is going

(CNN) -- Six years after the worst terror attacks on U.S. soil, three in 10 Americans believe the United States and its allies are winning the global war on terror -- one of the main justifications cited by the Bush administration for the war in Iraq.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted Friday to Sunday, about half of the 1,017 adult Americans questioned said they believe neither side is winning the war on terror, while 19 percent said the terrorists have the upper hand. The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

A separate poll conducted August 6 to 8 found that 61 percent of the 1,029 adult Americans questioned said they were not satisfied with the way things were going in the war on terror, and 38 percent felt safer from terrorism than before the 9/11 attacks.

Thirty-two percent of the respondents said they felt less safe than before the attacks, and 29 percent felt as safe now as then. The poll also had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/11/911.poll/index.html

[_Wayne_]

1. And Bush built his entire presidency on this "War on Terror"

There should be a "War" on terror, but it should not involve our entire military, or conventional war efforts

[truthisfreedom]

2. But how many were absitively, posolutely sure that gw bush is doing exactly the right thing?

Precisely 28%?

[rfranklin]

3. You CAN fool some of the people all the time...

they claim to be Republicans.

[trusty elf]

4. The War On Terrierism

[ronnie624]

5. The poll also reveals

that at least 70% of adult Americans questioned have been bamboozled by government propaganda into believing that there is such a thing as a 'war on terror'.

Not a good sign for anyone hoping for a better world through a populist movement of some sort. Leading people by logic and reason requires an informed populace.