Iraq Hurt War on Terror, Say Americans

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Polling Data

Do you think the war in Iraq has helped the war on terrorism, or has it hurt the war on terrorism?

Jul. 2005 Feb. 2005 Oct. 2004

Helped 39% 44% 45%
Hurt 47% 41% 40%
No effect 7% 7% 6%
Don’t know / Refused 7% 7% 6%

In the long run, do you think the war in Iraq has increased the chances of terrorist attacks in the U.S., lessened the chances, or has it made no difference?

Jul. 2005 Oct. 2004

Increased 45% 36%
Lessened 22% 32%
No difference 30% 28%
Don’t know / Refused 3% 4%

Source: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 751 American adults, conducted from Jul. 13 to Jul. 17, 2005. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8261

[whistle]

1. No brainer, the war was NEVER about making Americans secure...

...it was about making the OIL SUPPLY to America secure. $350 billion spent on the war, over 1,780 Americans killed in Iraq, over 25,000 wounded and disabled and over 125,000 Iraqi people killed since the war began, but the price of gasoline and energy here in the U.S. is higher than ever, terrorist threats are greater than ever....Mission a Failure!

[mac2]

2. War on Terror

How can you protect our transportation system and society from terrorists that are embedded and part of the criminal government? The Congress and media lies for them. It is for fear and profit. "Out of chaos comes profit."