Prisoner Abuse Hurt Reputation, Say Americans

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Polling Data

As you may recall, some U.S. soldiers were found to be abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq last year. How much do you think this incident has damaged the United States’ reputation around the world for being a country that protects civil liberties?

Great deal 37%
Moderate amount 30%
Not much 24%
Not at all 8%
No opinion 1%

As a result of this incident, do you think U.S. soldiers are now in greater danger of being tortured if they are captured, or are they in no more danger than they would have been before this incident took place?

Greater danger 53%
No more danger 46%
No opinion 1%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,008 American adults, conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.cpod.ca/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=5605

[otohara]

1. Fucking Brilliant

ya think? In case you haven't listened to this...(NATION OF ASSHOLES) listen to it and ponder.

http://www.disenfranchisedmusic.com/mp3/noa.mp3

enjoy!

[struggle4progress]

4. Thanks! I did enjoy that! Maybe there IS hope! eom

[JohnLocke]

2. No shit, Sherlocks (nt).

[WI_DEM]

3. but not enough to get rid of the idiot-in-chief

who also hurt our "reputation" by starting this war in Iraq.