Friday, July 11, 2003

Polling Report tells us that Bush still gets high (if slipping) marks for his handling of Iraq in a CBS News poll dated July 8-9 (approval is 58%, disapproval 32%). People still think that removing Saddam from power was worth it and that Saddam was a threat to the U.S. But there are a few interesting results beyond that:

"Do you think the end result of the war with Iraq was worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq, or not?"

Worth It: 45%

Not Worth It: 45%

Don't Know: 10%

"Which comes closer to your opinion: Iraq was a threat to the United States that required immediate military action, or Iraq was a threat that could have been contained, or Iraq was not a threat to the United States at all?"

Required Immediate Action: 43%

Could Have Been Contained: 43%

Was Not a Threat: 9%

Don't Know: 5%

"From what you have seen or heard, is the United States in control of events taking place in Iraq, or are the events in Iraq out of U.S. control?"

In Control: 45%

Out of Control: 41%

Don't Know: 14%

"If the United States and its allies never find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, then do you think the war against Iraq will have been worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq, or not?"

Worth It: 46%

Not Worth It: 46%

Don't Know: 8%

Thinking back now to the weeks before the war with Iraq, do you think the Bush Administration overestimated the number of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, underestimated the number of weapons of mass destruction, or accurately estimated the number of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?"

Overestimated: 56%

Underestimated: 11%

Accurately estimated: 19%

Don't Know: 14%

"When presenting what they knew about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the war, do you think the members of the Bush Administration were telling everything they knew, most of what they knew, hiding important elements of what they knew, or mostly lying?"

Telling Everything: 4%

Telling Most: 32%

Hiding Important Elements: 45%

Mostly Lying: 11%

Don't Know: 8%


Interesting.

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