"If the United States decides not to offer any new resolutions on Iraq and goes forward with military action without a new U.N. vote at all, half of Americans would oppose an invasion of Iraq, while 47% would be in favor."
And in Gallup's "quick reaction" poll after last night's speech, only "53% believe war with Iraq will make the United States safer." Since USG has been selling this war at home on fear, that seems significant.
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
> Americans have rallied strongly around President Bush and accepted his
> call for war with Iraq as the only practical way to remove Saddam
> Hussein and end the threat posed by his weapons of mass destruction,
> according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll conducted last night.
>
> Seven in 10 said they supported Bush's televised call to go to war
> without the blessing of the United Nations unless Saddam Hussein and
> his sons leave Iraq within 48 hours Full:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44887-2003Mar18.html
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