Poll: Americans' confidence in war effort at lowest level

[Oilwellian]

Confidence in America's military involvement in Iraq has dropped to its lowest level since the war began — slightly more than a quarter of U.S. adults say they are "very certain" the occupation of Iraq was the right thing to do.

According to the latest in a series of surveys about Iraq conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University, nearly half say they are "not certain" the nation has done the right thing in sending troops into Iraq.

Support for a pre-emptive strike — engaging a country like Iraq because of concerns that it may attack the United States in the future — has also declined in recent months. The public appears to be evenly divided on whether the United States should consider deploying troops to countries other than Iraq or Afghanistan, if necessary, to combat terrorism.

President Bush's approval rating has also dropped in recent months with 48 percent saying they approve of the job he has done in the White House, the lowest of his presidency.

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The latest poll, conducted the final two weeks of February, found 28 percent "absolutely certain" it was the "correct thing to do" to "send troops into Iraq to force it to disarm its weapons of mass destruction," down from 41 percent in May immediately after Bush declared an end to major military operations in Iraq.


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[AngryYoungMan]

1. 28 percent...wow

That's like nothing.

Bush won't be welcome here in my home town, during the convention this summer.

[knight_of_the_star]

2. That is nothing

I wonder, has anyone been re-elected with approval numbers so low at this point in their term?

[AngryYoungMan]

3. Not with old-fashioned voting machines, that's for sure.

eom

[monobrau]

4. Who are these people?

Call me radical, extremist, liberal, whatever you want, but goddammit I do my homework and what I knew and had to say about this criminal, immoral war was as true a year ago as these fucking sheep are beginning to realize now. At least I'm consistent. I really find it hard to muster much respect for people who twist in the wind as reflected in these polls. Gosh, NOW that thousands are dead and maimed, maybe it's not a good idea? We took to the streets when our elected representatives failed to get the message, and these fucking self-absorbed assholes wouldn't listen. And you hear the refrain that democrats are angry, they're pessimistic, we don't want to hear that.
Well there isn't a nice way to say that an unjust war is a waste of human life and detrimental to national security.
Wake the fuck up, America.
You were lied to. Again.