[lbo-talk] Power of prayer

[Carl Remick]

Iraq war as unpopular as Vietnam: Experts

Web posted at: 3/23/2006 1:27:28
Source ::: AFP

WASHINGTON: The Iraq war is now as unpopular at home as the Vietnam war was 
in 1968, but in the absence of a military draft and a clear way out, 
Americans are not taking to the streets, analysts say.

Protests marking the third anniversary of the war drew less than 10,000 
people in major US cities over the weekend, according to reporters and 
police counts—despite polls showing broad public displeasure with the war.

Compared to Vietnam, the Iraq war is remarkable for how quickly it lost 
public support, said John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State 
University. ...

A recent poll suggests that whatever their feelings about the war, Americans 
have done little more about it than pray.

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Carl