Americans' Support for War on the Rise

southerngale · #1 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:33 am

As U.S. forces continue the battle of Baghdad, support for the war in Iraq continues to rise.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll shows that 77 percent of Americans say they support the decision to go to war, a figure that has increased as news of the war turned positive. Just 16 percent say they oppose having gone to war.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51053-2003Apr7.html

#2 Postby **bfez1** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:35 am

I think this war is just about over. JMO
Agree or disagree ?

southerngale · #3 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:36 am

I agree

StormCrazyIowan · #4 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:38 am

I hope!

This war needed to happen, glad to see people are opening their eyes!

#5 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:48 am

I hope so too!

As far as the poll is concerned - hindsight is always better than foresight! If it wasn't going as well, those numbers would be heading south.

southerngale · #6 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:49 am

So true Stephanie :roll:

Guest · #7 Postby **Guest** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:50 am

I'm not sure. I think we have a couple more weeks of fighting the diehards. My opinion it might be over with my May 1st or 15th.

PMH

#8 Postby **wx247** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:27 am

It is not over yet... a week or so IMO.

#9 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:42 am

I hope it's that short Ticka and Wx - it seems like it will be, but I don't want to get my hopes up! :wink:

ColdFront77 · #10 Postby **ColdFront77** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:29 pm

I also think that Operation Iraqi Freedom is almost over. Even nearly a month from now is considered almost. It has been said a lot in the last three weeks, that this has been the quickest military campaign of all time. At approximately 9:30 PM Eastern Time it will be exactly 21 days since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Washington Post-ABC News Poll indicating 77 percent of Americans say they support the decision to go to war and 16 percent say they oppose having gone to war, means 7 percent are either undecided or have no opinion. Quite high percentage, which is a good thing. The situation with this war would be much worse with a lower number of Americans thinking we should be over there.

the_master · #11 Postby **the_master** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:22 pm

i heard about another poll taken in the U.S and it was about who thought Bush was a strong leader and 70% of Americans said Bush was a strong leader. V-good.

JQ Public · #12 Postby **JQ Public** » Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:39 pm

bfez1 wrote:I think this war is just about over. JMO
Agree or disagree ?

i dunno badhdad may be a little tougher than anticipated. after killing two al jazeera reporters with a missile in baghdad, and civilian bombing stories running in almost every nation...its hard for the iraqi's there to distinguish btw helping or conquering. hopefully these civilian deaths will stop. I really think ground forces are best right now, b/c we can't really go around bombing when we get an inkling that saddam may be someplace.

I am not suprised however that support has gone up. When we have people 18-21 years of age fighting...they deserve our support.

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