The "war in Iraq" already took place. Shall we poll the British public on their support for the war in Grenada? The United States public on their support for the war in Indochina?
Perhaps the question was really about support for the continued presence in Iraq, while the country is rebuilt built. This would have actually had some relevance. If so, they should have been more clear about that, both to the poll respondents, and to us.
Such a poll, as phrased, is highly misleading. It can be, for example, that the British public feels rather queasy about the circumstances surrounding "the war in Iraq", i.e. the thing that took place last year, while at the same time, supports quite highly the continued presence of troops there. Yet this poll would fail to show the latter sentiment, it seems. And the latter sentiment - feelings about the troops in Iraq right now, not about "the war in Iraq", which took place last year - is the more important one. Right now.
Most Britons, 56%, said they wanted Western Europe to be more independent of the United States
I'll go with that. I, too, want Western Europe to be more independent of the United States. Let's pull our troops out of Germany for example... discontinue NATO as obsolete....