Posted on 08/23/2006 8:27:56 AM PDT by presidio9
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.
As recently as Monday, Bush defended the invasion of Iraq as crucial to preventing more domestic terror attacks.
"If you believe that the job of the federal government is to secure this country, it's really important for you to understand that success in Iraq is part of securing the country," Bush said during a news conference.
The unpopularity of the Iraq war has many Republicans nervous about the party's chances in the November midterm elections in which Democrats are seeking to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Times/CBS News poll of 1,206 adults was conducted Thursday through Monday and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
At least I am not the one who called us fools for not buying MSFT when it was at 60 and headed to the moon. :)
I sincerely hope the left continue to bleat this 'opinion' and many more 'manufactured opinions' that show them to be the cowards they are.
The MSM truly believes that we are dumb enough to buy into their absurd beliefs and opinions. They are the primary enemy in the WOT, IMO.
I prefer the "many also think Elvis is still alive" analogy...
;-)
And just what do these boobs think Saddam would have ben doing these last 3 years ( besides funding Palestinian terrorists)
And do they think Kadafi would have seen the light
And what about Iran --We now have a base on both her borders
Maybe if the questions were asked that way you might get a different answer
They need a good dose of Jayna Davis.
Do most Americans know Iraq is in the middle east?
I clicked in only to see the source and will now leave.
NY Times/CBS/Reuters - nuff said.
I understand that AQ in Iraq is the same as in Afghanistan but it seems Joe Six pack does not get it.
There needs to be a big push by the Administration showing how AQ is fighting in Iraq - the same group that flew planes into the pentagon and the world trade center towers 1 and 2 with the result of Towers 1, 2 and 7 falling and killing thousands of people.
Is it that tough to create the link in peoples' minds even when AQ is admitting they are fighting in Iraq?
This disconnect created by the drive by media is like saying that fighting the Nazis in North Africa was not part of World War II but fighting the Nazis in Eurpoe was part of WW II.
That's what the price curves show. The peak is several weeks or months behind us. Who knows what tomorrow may bring, to coin a phrase, but with the defeat of Murkowski I wouldn't be sanguine about development in Alaska for a while, and that's what I am closest to.
Cause they vote. If you don't give a rip, they will vote your people out of town. Part of leadership is communicating a message and leading. The attitude you articulate is as bad as the most nauseating libs who get power and go berserk with it, people be damned.
LOL. My Boeing is doing quite well from its $28 low a few years back.
LOL...let me see......Reuters, NYSlimes, CBS........oh the perfect storm of truth in reporting.
That is an awesome set of links!
Thanks so much for posting it, Peach!
NO TIME IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THE DEMS IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING. NOT EVEN THE BATHROOMS.
30% think it is just south of Baltimore.
"A Reuters story and a Times/CBS poll should say it all."
Its the first thing I look for, who did the poll. And this was no surprise at all who it came from.
Standard issue manufactured news BS from the usual sources.
I agree with your comment, 100%. The long run of the book, The DaVinci Code, is what sealed it for me. I think that it's really scary that so many Americans not only found the book interesting, but actually believed that it was nonfiction. I am just resigned to the fact that the American public is just not very bright, or well educated.
Anyone reading Jayna Davis' book on the Oklahoma City bombing knows Iraq was deeply involved in plotting terror against the US
GMTA, I posted before reading your comment on Jayna Davis
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