CNN Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Iraq in civil war

[DeepModem Mom]

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Iraq in civil war
September 28, 2006

(CNN) -- Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed consider Iraq to be in a civil war, a CNN poll said Thursday, and more people view the three major architects of the U.S.-led operation there unfavorably than favorably....

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Asked whether Iraq is "currently engaged in a civil war," 65 percent of the poll's respondents said "yes," and 29 percent answered "no." By comparison, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll in April found 56 percent of the respondents believed Iraq was in a civil war, while 33 percent disagreed.

The poll found that most Americans polled -- 60 percent -- said they have a clear idea of what the United States is fighting for in Iraq, while 39 percent said they did not.

The same question was posed 39 years ago, when America was deeply divided over Vietnam. At the time, 49 percent said they had a clear idea of what the United States was fighting for there; 48 percent said no....

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As for the nation's leaders, half or more of the respondents of the CNN poll expressed unfavorable views toward President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/28/poll.iraq/index.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. That's ok, now they can torture some more arabs & everything will

alright again.

[sugapablo]

2. To be fair...

...two thirds of Americans can't find Iraq on a map. :(

Example: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/11/20/geography.quiz/

[oneinok]

3. hmmmm

Somebody better tell bush.

[BigDDem]

4. I wonder

if "Laura and Barney" were polled.

[pampango]

5. Darn Sheeple...No, wait

They agree with us, so the American people are wise beyond their years and can see through the spin of the MSM.

(Sorry, just part of my campaign to diminish the frequency of references to people as mindless idiots - "sheeple.")

[0007]

6. junior sez we're not and I believe him!

[LibDemAlways]

7. Love that picture. That sums it up, doesn't it?

And the other third, when asked about Iraq, thought it might have been a location used on Survivor.

[Julius Civitatus]

8. Nearly one-third of Americans have serious issues

It's always the same "third", isn't it?