[Vision2020] Doonesbury
Mushroom
mushroom@moscow.com
Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:49:18 -0800
Dale Courtney wrote:
> Gallup has been running a poll since the middle of 2002 with the following
> question: "Do you favor or oppose United States use of military power to
> remove Saddam Hussein from power?"
>
> Those in favor had been ~56% prior to January; however, as of the middle of
> Jan 2003 the number in favor has steadily rose, and today it sits at 63% in
> *favor*.
Other polls have found that half the people in this country
think Iraq was involved in the events of 9/11.
If you factor in that ignorance (which our president doesn't
share, I'm sure, but does promote and exploit) the 63% isn't
so impressive.
Don Coombs