ClydeR
01-31-2014, 10:13 AM
By 10 percentage points, 51%-41%, Americans say the U.S. made the right decision in using military force in Afghanistan, where the Taliban had provided safe haven for the al-Qaeda terrorists who planned the 9/11 attacks. Still, that narrow majority does reflect a significant shift in views. In 2006, two-thirds of Americans said invading Afghanistan was the right decision.
But when it comes to Iraq, support for the decision to go to war has crashed. The invasion was launched in March 2003 with Bush administration officials asserting President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, though they were never found. At the beginning, Americans by 3-1 called it the right decision.
Now, by 50%-38%, they call it the wrong one.
More... (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/30/usa-today-pew-research-poll-americans-question-results-in-iraq-afghanistan/5028097/)
You know what's wrong with that poll? They asked about Afghanistan and Iraq separately. President Bush was right to insist that it was just one Global War on Terror. If the poll had just asked about a War on Terror, then everybody would have supported it.
But when it comes to Iraq, support for the decision to go to war has crashed. The invasion was launched in March 2003 with Bush administration officials asserting President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, though they were never found. At the beginning, Americans by 3-1 called it the right decision.
Now, by 50%-38%, they call it the wrong one.
More... (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/30/usa-today-pew-research-poll-americans-question-results-in-iraq-afghanistan/5028097/)
You know what's wrong with that poll? They asked about Afghanistan and Iraq separately. President Bush was right to insist that it was just one Global War on Terror. If the poll had just asked about a War on Terror, then everybody would have supported it.