posted on August 25, 2003 07:54:44 AM new
I gues we can get some advice from this board on how to succed over in Iraq, not really,too many war mongers here, ......because anyone with any intelligence will know that this war is a business loss for most, except for those who will profit from it, which are only a handful,Bush and his buddies, but for most it will create hardship saddness and despair, if your one of the families losing your children over there. Not to mention the burden it will take on the health systems, and other priorities, like the infrastructure, and where is the money going to come from, any fascists here on this board have a solution, NOT.....my solution is this, pull the troops out and regroup, and don't let a few scare you all the time. I had some people here asking why are the left angry, well there is no left but common sense thinkers who know that this war and all this fear is a plan to make a very few rich at a cost to the rest of the population, and if you can not see that well, what can i say but maybe just maybe you will wake up from your lemming attitude.
Poll shows drop in support for Bush's handling of Iraq, fears of quagmire
10:42 AM EDT Aug 25
WASHINGTON (AP) - With public confidence declining in President George W. Bush's handling of the occupation of Iraq, nearly 70 per cent of Americans feel the United States will be bogged down in the country for years without achieving its goals, a poll finds.
The Newsweek magazine poll, released Saturday, also found nearly six out of 10 people are concerned the U.S. military will be overextended should another security threat arise outside Iraq. And seven out of 10 are concerned the costs of the war will increase the deficit and hurt the economy.
The war costs the United States roughly $1 billion a week.
The poll of 1,011 adults was taken Thursday and Friday, just after last week's suicide truck bombing at the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad that killed the top UN envoy and at least 22 others.
U.S. and British troops have also been targets of guerrilla attacks. Military figures show 135 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since May 1, when Bush declared the end of major combat operations.
Americans had mixed feelings over how to proceed. About 48 per cent said the United States should withdraw military personnel because of the attacks, while 47 per cent said the soldiers should stay.
About 61 per cent said the United States did the right thing in taking military action, down by seven per cent from a poll taken in late July.
And 72 per cent said they would support turning over some authority for rebuilding Iraq to the United Nations. France, Russia, India and other countries have ruled out sending soldiers to Iraq, unless a multinational force is authorized by the United Nations.
The poll found 54 per cent approved of Bush's handling of the Iraqi situation, down from 58 per cent in late July.
And for the first time in a Newsweek poll, the percentage of registered voters who would not like to see Bush re-elected as president outnumbered those who supported a second term (49 per cent to 44 per cent).
The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
posted on August 25, 2003 08:07:24 AM new
also Bush's poodle buddie is a failure and people are starting to see the light, the truth will come out, you will see
Blair loses the trust of voters
By Peter Fray
August 25, 2003
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More than two-thirds of British voters believe they have been deceived by Tony Blair's government over the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons program, a poll has found.
The poll, for The Sunday Telegraph, shows the death of the arms expert David Kelly and surrounding events have severely reduced trust in the Government.
It comes as the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, prepare to give evidence to the inquiry this week and as newly released documents show that Mr Blair was intimately involved in identifying Dr Kelly.
Dr Kelly apparently committed suicide on July 17 after he was named as the source of a BBC report that Downing Street had "sexed up" the case against Saddam in the Government's Iraq dossier last September.
Documents posted on the Hutton inquiry website show that in meetings on July 7 and 8 Mr Blair supported letting the public know a "source had come forward", but he left how that was done to the Ministry of Defence. There was also support at the talks for putting Dr Kelly before a parliamentary inquiry, a harrowing experience for the scientist.
posted on August 25, 2003 08:12:33 AM new
this gets better everytime
Poll shows US voters turning against Bush
A growing number of Americans do not want to see US President George W Bush re-elected next year and fear US troops will be drawn into a long, costly occupation of Iraq, a Newsweek poll reports.
For the first time the poll has found that more registered voters, 49 per cent, would not want Mr Bush to return for a second term in office if the elections were now, compared with 44 per cent who would.
Only 23 per cent said terrorism and homeland security would be the most important issues for them in the November 2004 election, compared with 48 per cent who said deciding factors for them now would be the economy and jobs.
Meanwhile, 69 per cent are now convinced the United States will become bogged down in Iraq, without achieving ostensible goals in getting the country back on its feet.
Some 40 per cent of them are now "very concerned" US troops will be there for the long-haul.
A majority also fears that US forces will be overextended in the event of a security threat elsewhere, the poll published in the latest edition of Newsweek reports, 29 per cent very concerned and 30 per cent somewhat concerned.
Americans also think that reconstruction costs in Iraq are too high at $US1 billion per week - 66 per cent said they do not support such spending, compared with 34 per cent who said they support current spending levels.
Fifty-three per cent said they would oppose an increase to the figure being spent, with only 7 per cent not opposed to an increase.
Almost half of people polled, 47 per cent, said they were very concerned that maintaining troops in Iraq is too expensive and will cause a higher budget deficit, seriously damaging the US economy.
Despite some indications the US President's popularity is on the wane, a majority still approves of the way Mr Bush is handling his job.
Some 53 per cent supported him compared with 36 who did not, with 11 unsure.
In a Newsweek poll released a month ago, 49 per cent said they would like to see Mr Bush re-elected compared with 43 per cent who would not.
Voters said they preferred Republican President Bush's stance for dealing with terrorists than what they have seen so far from leading figures among the Democrats.
Some 57 per cent said they preferred Mr Bush's position on terrorism to 21 who preferred the Democrats.
But 45 per cent felt the Democrats had more to offer on stimulating the economy, compared with 36 per cent who thought Mr Bush had a better approach.
The survey was taken between August 21-22 on some 1,011 adults aged 18 and above.
The poll has a plus or minus 3 per cent error margin.
posted on August 25, 2003 08:17:53 AM newA growing number of Americans do not want to see US President George W Bush re-elected next year and fear US troops will be drawn into a long, costly occupation of Iraq, a Newsweek poll reports.
For the first time the poll has found that more registered voters, 49 per cent, would not want Mr Bush to return for a second term in office if the elections were now, compared with 44 per cent who would.
That's Newsweek...
Gallup...Only 25% are satisfied with the economic program of George Bush.
posted on August 25, 2003 08:42:23 AM new
i guess that 25% are right here on this board............let's here from the Bush worshippers here, do you like this war, yes or no ?
