Majority say war worth it, but evenly divided on whether United States is safer PRINCETON, NJ -- A year after the United States launched the war against Iraq, a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey finds Americans divided on the war's impact. While a small majority says the war was worth it and that things are going at least moderately well for the United States in Iraq, the public is evenly divided as to whether the war has made the United States safer. Americans are also evenly split as to what will happen when the United States eventually pulls its troops out...