"The war is unpopular" is a meaningless phrase. Of course no one likes war. It would be really nice if Al Qeada would stop killing people...then we could end this quite quickly. But the media isn't asking something like "should Al Qeada stop killing people?" because the answer is obvious. Instead they phrase their poll questions to inspire controversy and to steer public opinion.
Instead of asking "do you like this war?", they should be forthright and ask, "should America ignore the threat imposed by Al Qeada, allow Iraq to collapse into complete anarchy, allow militant fundamentalist Jihadists to disrupt our main source of fuel, forever damage the reputation of our military and mark America as a weak target which would further encourage future attacks on American citizens by leaving Iraq?"
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“There’s little doubt the war is unpopular.Polls show two-thirds of Americans oppose it.”
They take a poll questioned something like, “Do you approve of the way the war is being handled”? When they get no’s they spin it to “2/3 oppose Iraq war!”.
2/3 of the country does NOT want us out of Iraq to let the place fester.