Abscence Of A Pearl Harbor Moment

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by RawAlex@Feb 16 2003, 09:11 PM
Colin, I heard a recent poll of americans showed most wanted the inspectors to have more time.

It's too bad you only hear about polls instead of actually reading them.

From Gallup:

'PRINCETON, NJ -- In the wake of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's appearance before the
United Nations Security Council last week, as well as President George W. Bush's speech to
the nation the week before, public support for war against Iraq appears to be on the rise,
according to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. Overall, 63% of Americans support an
invasion of Iraq, up from 58% last week prior to Powell's U.N. presentation, and 52% the week
before, prior to Bush's State of the Union speech. The percentage of supporters with firm
opinions has also increased, to 37% from 31% last week.

A solid majority of Americans say that the Bush administration has made a convincing case for
military action against Iraq. The percentage is slightly higher than it was last week, but is
up by seven points over the past two weeks. Also compared with last week, Americans are now
more likely to say that Iraq is obstructing U.N. weapons inspectors, has facilities to create
weapons of mass destruction, and has biological or chemical weapons.

At the same time, Americans remain unconvinced that Iraq represents an immediate threat to
the United States, and only four in 10 are willing for the United States to invade Iraq
without a new authorizing vote by the U.N. Security Council.

The poll was conducted Feb. 7-9, and shows that support for an invasion of Iraq is the
highest it has been since November 2001, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.'