[itai195]

June 25, 2004 | ASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first time, a majority of Americans say they think the United States made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, according to a poll released Thursday.

The CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll found that 54 percent of people say the war was a mistake, up from 41 percent who felt that way in early June.

The poll also found that more than half say the Iraq war has made the United States less safe from terrorism. Only a third said it made this country safer.

The finding that more than half now think the Iraq war was a mistake recalls the disillusionment of Americans in 1968 with the Vietnam War. The first time a majority said that was a mistake was in August 1968.

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This might be the beginning of a bad week for the president, with violence in Iraq expected to increase before the turnover of power on June 30, the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 in US theatres, and the all but certain defeat at the Supreme Court in the Guantanmo and Padilla cases.

[BRussell]

The recent ABC/WaPo poll (in here somewhere) shows the following:

"Who do you trust to do a better job handling the U.S. campaign against terrorism, Bush or Kerry?"

Kerry: 48%, Bush: 47%

Kerry also beat Bush on the deficit 48 to 44 (duh), international affairs 51 to 43, and taxes 53 to 40 (!). It might have been a flukey sample because Kerry was killing Bush on the election match-up too.

[chabig]

Originally posted by itai195:
This might be the beginning of a bad week for the president, with violence in Iraq expected to increase before the turnover of power on June 30, the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 in US theatres, and the all but certain defeat at the Supreme Court in the Guantanmo and Padilla cases.

1) I doubt it.
2) Violence is already expected, so no surprises there. The upcoming weeks will be better.
3) I don't think the movie will affect anyone. It's a non-event.
4) I don't know about these.

Chris

[itai195]

Originally posted by chabig:
1) I doubt it.
2) Violence is already expected, so no surprises there. The upcoming weeks will be better.
3) I don't think the movie will affect anyone. It's a non-event.
4) I don't know about these.

Chris

2) Don't see any evidence of that.
3) Then why are so many right-wing groups pulling out all the stops to silence it?
4) Newsweek has an article on it, but I've lost the link. Speculation is that Ted Olson, who resigned the other day, left while the going was good.