Iraq & the UN

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 26 07:05:43 PDT 2002


<http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr020924.asp>

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>The new survey also demonstrates that the United Nations has the
>potential to strongly influence how Americans respond to this issue.
>Previous polling has shown that about two-thirds of Americans want
>the U.S. to wait until the United Nations votes on the issue before
>taking military action. Public support for invading Iraq could rise
>to as much as 79% if the United States secures the support of the
>United Nations. By the same token -- and in sharp contrast to
>President Bush's urgent call for ousting Saddam Hussein from power
>-- a majority of Americans say they would oppose using U.S. ground
>troops to invade Iraq if the United Nations were opposed to the
>action, or if the United States had to take this action alone.

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