Americans Wary of Action on Iran, Gloomy on Iraq, Poll Shows

[im10ashus]

By Janine Zacharia

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- American pessimism about the Iraq war has deepened and may be feeding doubts about President George W. Bush's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, the latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll found.

A majority of those surveyed -- 56 percent -- said Iraq is now in a civil war, and just 37 percent said they believe Bush when he says a lot of progress is being made there, down from 45 percent who said they believed him in January.

Forty-eight percent said they would support military action against Iran if it continues to produce material that can be used to develop a nuclear bomb, down from 57 percent in January. Forty percent oppose military action, up from 33 percent in January.

A majority -- 54 percent -- said they ``don't trust'' Bush to make the right decision about whether the U.S. should go to war with Iran, compared with 42 percent who said they do trust him. Forty percent said the Iraq experience had made them less supportive of military action against Iran, while 38 percent said it had no impact. The poll surveyed 1,357 American adults by telephone April 8-11 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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[annabanana]

1. The saddest and scariest thing about this

is that, even if every single scary thing being said in the media about Iran was true...

The boy who cried wolf cannot do anything to convince anyone that this time he means it... and we would all suffer anyway.

This idiot and his ideologues have seriously jeopardized our national security.

[im10ashus]

2. It's made me more nervous this time around than with Iraq.

I really fear they are on some self-fulfilling prophecy ride for which I didn't buy a ticket.