Poll: Support for Iraq War Still Strong

foxnews ^ | February 21, 2003

[Indy Pendance]

WASHINGTON

[concerned about politics]

It's surprising how few FReepers even know the extent of the coalition of the willing.

I think if Bush started the liberation of Iraq tonight America would still be behind him.
This poll asks a few questons that are minor in the bigger sceme of things. If the question was "Should Bush start the liberation of Iraq now?" The answer would be a "Well, sure." And he rest wouldn't really matter that much.

[Indy Pendance]

Same here. I wonder how many of those peaceniks came down from Canada? Or how many belong to the envirowackos who stormed Seattle?

[Indy Pendance]

Reagan was vilified by the media, and the europeons protested him unmercifully. He didn't listen to them then. Liberals absolutely hate conservativism and will ignore any good policy if it is presented by conservatives.

[cake_crumb]

"If the question was 'Should Bush start the liberation of Iraq now?' The answer would be a 'Well, sure.' And he rest wouldn't really matter that much."

That's a darned good point. They sure wouldn't ask such a question now, when the public is aware of Saddam's illegal missiles.

[MattAMiller]

All excellent questions. Just having them asked would unstick a lot of stuck mental gears.

[USMC_tangocharlie]

bravo!!
bravo!!

[FreeReign]

Which ones of these countries does not depend on US aid ?

Hmmmm... a fair question.

But an objective questioner would also ask, which of the nay-saying coutries -- France, Germany, Belgium, Russia and China -- doesn't do business with Iraq.

Your above post is not objective.

[FreeReign]

I don't think it's "pollaganda" so much as it is an illustration of the limitations of using public perceptions to determine policy.

It sounds like you automatically trust that this poll was done fairly. Who paid for this PEW poll? What does it mean, that this poll "was carried out with the Council on Foreign Relations"?.

[Future Useless Eater]

February 2003
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Baghdad  SunSet  SunRise
						22   14%  +7.3hrs	6:53pm   7:38am
23   11%  +8.4hrs	24   10%  +9.2hrs	25   9%  +10.2hrs	26   8%  +11.2hrs	27   6%  +11.8hrs	28   4%  All Night	01   2%  All Night	6:59pm   7:30am
March 2003
02   0%  All Night	03   0%  All Night	04   2%  -11.2hrs	05   4%  -10.2hrs	06   6%  -9.3hrs	07   8%  -8.4hrs	08   9%  -7.4hrs	7:04pm   7:22am
09   9%  -6.4hrs	10  10%  -5.4hrs	11  12%  -4.5hrs	12  15%  -3.5hrs	13   20%  -2.6hrs	14   26%  -1.8hrs	15   34%  -1.0hrs	7:04pm   7:22am
	16  44%  n/a	17  55%  n/a	18  100%  n/a					7:04pm   7:22am
Legend:       (%)Luminance compared to Full Moon         (Starlight alone is 1/2 of 1% of a Full Moon) Nighttime TOTAL BLACKOUT period       ( + ) hours AFTER sunset when Moon is behind the Earth, OR       ( - ) hours BEFORE sunRISE when Moon behind the Earth (Times not adjusted for 25 minutes of civil twilight after sunset or before dawn) (Luminance figures are approximate based on an average lunar cycle. Figures are even less when the moon is lower in the sky ... and crescent moons don't get very high in the sky until after daybreak) .

It's already daylight - Saturday morning over there.

When it next gets dark, the Moon will be behind the Earth the first 7 hours, Then it slowly builds to a maximum brightness (around dawn) of only 14% of that of a full Moon.

Detailed Local Forecast For Baghdad, Iraq

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Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 62F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

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Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the upper 20s.

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[Nick Danger]

See what ya get for writing before you read?

[sam_paine]

It's ALL about OIL!!!

[Indy Pendance]

Check this out.

France, Germany protect Iraq ties

[ladyinred]

Amazing to think the polls are still in favor of this considering all of the news I hear says just the opposite. If I didn't know better, I'd think there was a propaganda campaign going against the President, but of course that can't be, the news is not biased afterall. (sarcasm, of course)

[Indy Pendance]

There are alternative sources of media nowdays. Look at us! People are waking up. ABC and all are not the big boys anymore. Fox is cleaning up with news on television. Rush is the number radio personality in the country. The liberals have finally lost their monolopy, and it shows. Look at how desperate they are. They do not have a vision. They are still in the blame game.

Actions speak louder than words.

[BobS]

"poll of 1,254 adults"

Screw PEW

[ladyinred]

I am thrilled that they are desperate! You are right, it shows with all of their hysterical spewing out of the media these days. Rush was right, they are funny when they are out of power! Liberal talk radio has never been successful, and I doubt if it ever will be.

[fly_so_free]

"drop in percent polls when people are asked about attacking without allied backing"

This "drop" in support is directly related to the press (and demacRAT party's) latest attempt to perpetrate another lie on the American people. Namely, that we are considering "going it alone" into Iraq, or how about "the American people don't want to go it alone" . How many times have you heard these words used by the press? It's a lie. How much coverage was given to the letter in the Wall Street Journal signed by all the countries who are with us? Answer: Not much. The press mentioned the letter breifly, but they have continued to use the "go it alone " and "unilateral " terms in their reports on public support.

The question in the poll is false. It asked weather we should go WITH OUT ALLIES and of course many of the American people said no. THE QUESTION GIVES THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAVE NO ALLIES. Then it aks about another UN resolution, wich people assume is about gaining allies. What our people are confused about, is weather we have allies or not.

If I were President Bush and his staff , I would make a concerted effort to explain to the American people that WE HAVE ALLIES WITH OR WITHOUT THE UN. For example: any time a reporter tries to use the term "go it alone" (or some term like this) President Bush should stop him and repeat the names of the countries that are with us . He could send his staff members out to the mainstream press outlets and cable and read have them read the WSJ letter again or he could just say, "the press is trying to give the impression we don't have allies; this is not true. We have (repeat the entire list of countries who have pleged their support)" at various press conferences and public appearences, until people get it. Everyone on his staff should have the names of the countries that support us memorized so they can immediately respond when the press tries the "going it alone " impression. It should be made clear that the UN is representative of the "axis of weasles". Our people should be reminded of things like the UN has Syria in charge of Human Rights (and that Syria has HUGE Human rights violations) while we were kicked off the commission, and that they are planning on putting Iraq in charge of disarming itself. But it is most important to clear up the confusion between who our allies are(that we have them), and UN support,make it clear these are 2 different things.

[WOSG]

That's my kind of poll!!!

also how about:

"Do you think ex-Presidents or the current President should direct our foreign policy?"

"Do you Saddam Hussein draws comfort from protests opposing a war against the Iraqi regime?"

[WOSG]

Most of eastern Europe and certainly the UK, Spain, Italy, Japan and a host of others do NOT get US foreign aid. YEt they are with us.

OTOH, *unhelpful* countries that we *do* fund like Pakistan, Mexico, Egypt, and several African nations are aligning with the Axis of Weasels.

And I heard on news today we are continuing food aid to NORTH KOREA. Oh joy.

Go figure!