CSM: US public's support of Iraq war sliding faster now

[unhappycamper]

US public's support of Iraq war sliding faster now
By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the March 20, 2007 edition

OAKLAND, CALIF. - Support among Americans for the Iraq war began to slip just weeks after US troops breached Baghdad and toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein. But since last fall, the downward slope has become precipitous, with doubts spreading from Democrats and independents into the Republican core of support.

As the nation takes stock of a war it embarked on four years ago Tuesday, those who regret that decision now outnumber supporters by 14 percentage points. Accelerating the slide, say opinion analysts, were bipartisan criticisms of US war policy by the Iraq Study Group and concerns that the mission has been obscured by civil war.

To some, the tumble in support simply shows weak knees, a lack of resolve in the American character. To others, it suggests a fall-off in trust of the Bush administration.

Opinion analysts, though, give a more nuanced picture, noting that the public is continually reevaluating the stakes in Iraq – and assessing whether the costs of sticking with the fight have become higher than the stakes are worth.

It's a calculation with which Kathy Gier of Hutchinson, Kan., is all too familiar.

"I think a civil war is going on there, and it makes me profoundly sad," says Ms. Gier, a Republican. Some 55 percent of Republicans have come to the same conclusion on civil war, according to a Harris Poll in January.

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[Morgana LaFey]

1. The really cool thing is --

this is an indicator that will NEVER go in the opposite direction. Never.

[Divine Discontent]

2. sadly

it should be 100% against the war at this point... just shows how militant and fear mongering and small minded a 1/3 of the country is.

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3. No, they view this as a Religious war?

Perhaps that 1/3 actually believe this is a continuation of the crusades or Revelation's Armageddon? Listen to the religious right leaders (Jerry Falwell - James Dobson - Pat Roberson) and so on... you know, all the guys who supported Bush from the beginning.

O8) :patriot: The modern day "Kill a Commie for Christ" wackos!