[lbo-talk] Power of prayer

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 22 23:10:43 PST 2006


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



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