Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war ^ |
||||||
Posted by tomball On 10/07/2003 10:10 PM CDT with 37 comments The Akron Beacon Journal ^ | Thu, Oct. 02, 2003 | FRANK DAVIES WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans have held at least one of three mistaken impressions about the U.S.-led war in Iraq, according to a new study released Thursday, and those misperceptions contributed to much of the popular support for the war.The three common mistaken impressions are that: U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There's clear evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein worked closely with the Sept. 11 terrorists. People in foreign countries generally either backed the U.S.-led war or were evenly split between supporting and opposing it. Overall, 60 percent of Americans held at... |