[lbo-talk] Politics vs the DP

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 12:42:30 PDT 2011


On 6/15/2011 2:59 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> U.S. deaths in Afghanistan
> 2001 12
> 2002 49
> 2003 48
> 2004 52
> 2005 99
> 2006 98
> 2007 117
> 2008 155
> 2009 317
> 2010 499
> 2011 173 (so far)
>
> Peep?

Not from the public.

Look at what happens when Gallup asks people what the most important issue facing the country is. On p. 273 of this Gallup compendium - http://bit.ly/l5Uvtw - there's a chart showing "most important problem" from 2000-2007. Iraq was the *number one problem* - ahead of the economy, gas prices, and terrorism - for three years straight in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007 more than 30% named Iraq as the #1 problem.

How many rate Afghanistan the #1 prob today? Here's a Gallup poll from April - http://www.gallup.com/poll/147086/Budget-Rises-Most-Important-Problem-Highest.aspx . The economy-jobs-deficit are at 26%-19%-17%.

Iraq, Afghanistan and all the other wars combined are at 3%.

SA



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