Most in US see no tie between Iraq, terror war despite Bush's insistence

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22323880.htm

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A majority of Americans no longer see a link between the war in Iraq and Washington's broader anti-terrorism efforts despite President George W. Bush's insistence the two are intertwined, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Tuesday.

Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said the war in Iraq was separate from the U.S. government's war on terrorism. The findings were a considerable shift from polls taken in 2002 and early 2003, when a majority considered the two to be linked, The New York Times said.

As recently as June, opinion was evenly split, with 41 percent on both sides of the divide. Now only 32 percent considered Iraq to be a major part of the fight against terrorism, the newspaper said.

According to the poll, 46 percent said the Bush administration had concentrated too heavily on Iraq and not enough on terrorists elsewhere. Fifty-three percent said going to war in the first place was a mistake, up from 48 percent in July, The New York Times said.

Bush's approval ratings remained unchanged at 36 percent. His popularity has been damaged by the unpopular war in Iraq, in which the U.S. military death toll is 2,610.

[liberal N proud]

1. When the lies stop working!

[Toots]

2. Question: "What does Iraq have to do with 9-11"?

Bush* answer "Nothing". Every Democrat should include this clip of this exchange in every campaign ad...

[Double T]

3. Despite the bludgeoning by bushco and its pundits that........

there is a connection between the 'war on terror by al-Qaeda, et al' and bushco's war and occupation of Iraq, even the brain dead are starting to see the REAL truth. Throw in the fact that the economy really sucks, inflation is REALLY at record levels and the real purchasing value of the US Dollar has plummeted under HIS regime, I believe his poll numbers will continue downward to the lowest levels of any president in history, when the idiot finally leaves office.