Poll: Majority of Americans say Iraq war fought on faulty accusations

[sharonstone]

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans say President Bush decided to go to war on Iraq based on faulty assumptions, says a poll released Thursday.
An overwhelming majority of those polled — 87% — said the Bush administration portrayed Iraq as an imminent threat before the war. About as many, 84%, say the United States has not found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to the poll for the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.

Six in 10 say that before going to war, the U.S. government should have taken more time to find out if Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Troops have found little evidence to validate most of the Bush administration's assertions before the war that Iraq had an active chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-11-13-war-poll_x.htm

[xxqqqzme]

1. hallelujah, praise the lord

can I hear an Amen!

[absolutezero]

8. amen!

this is USA today, a major newspaper....bush* is going down

[joeunderdog]

12. a RW rag, no less

If these people believe that we went to war under false pretenses, then they must believe someone should be tried for war crimes, right?

[w4rma]

2. Thank goodness folks are straightening themselves out on the facts.

I don't mind so much on disagreeing on opinions, but I still think that many folks' opinions are based on other faulty facts not represented in this poll.

[Zhade]

3. If true, this bit is significant:

More than half, 52%, said this country has found clear evidence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was working closely with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. U.S. authorities searching Iraq, however, have found little that would suggest widespread prewar links between al-Qaeda and the government of Saddam Hussein.

That is, I believe, down sharply from the roughly 75% we were being told believed this a short while ago. The veracity of that troubling poll may or may not be solid, but if it is, then this is a fantastic piece of evidence that people are waking up in larger numbers.

At least, that's what I think it means. I certainly hope it's what it means.

[mw]

4. 16% think we've FOUND WMD in Iraq????

Too much Fox News watching for these morons.

[sharonstone]

5. fox news Plus CBN PLUS 700 CLUB

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Finally

So now people are starting to realize king george lied

Well next come anger, they are over the denial hump.

Get your popcorn, this will get uggly

[izzie]

9. I do believe that. These guys play mean.

n/t

[schultzee]

7. The repuke anti-choice and fundamentalists will still support

bu$h even though they are so poor that they don't have enough to eat because they vote on one issue.

[dbt]

10. "Faulty accusations," my shiny metal ass!

When do we start calling this crap LIES?

:grr:
dbt

[saigon68]

13. Its lies by the lying liars who tell them

Disgusting how they fooled some people.

They never fooled me.

I got in Savage arguments 8 months ago--Now look at the SHIT.

[Gman]

11. This is good but

everyone refuses to use the L word as in LIE! Bush has a way out by blaming the CIA and others for faulty intelligence. I'll bet most people in the poll would also say something like something needs to be done to get better intelligence which means Bush is off the hook.

[MoonAndSun]

14. Have the sheeple finally woken up??

It sure took them long enough. Even some of the rightwingers here at work have admitted that there is something very wrong with the war in Iraq.

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. __ Duuuh ! - I knew that before they dropped the first bomb __

. . and I DID see the first bomb dropped on Baghdad via CNN that nite -

. and got a real sick feeling in my stomach at the time

and it's not gone yet

This "war" -(invasion) just makes me sicker and sicker

Why the whole world is not attacking the USA at this time is beyond me -

Combination of fear and finances I suppose - - probly mostly $$$$$

(sigh)

[Kolesar]

16. US is the 600 pound gorilla

The other countries still have to give US deference. That was how another Canadian explained trade treaties to me. I think it applies broadly, too.

[Mountainman]

17. Can someone with freeper posting rights put this on their site?

I went to freeperville and I didn't see this story posted yet. I would like to see all the idiot remarks they would have if they could read it.

It may be that rim job won't let it be posted there. That would be nice to know.

[beyurslf]

18. I have heard Iraq called an

"occupation" more in the news lately too. I even heard Shepard Smith say "US occupation of Iraq" on Fox the other night. Wonder if he got a flogging off camera for it.

[dusty64]

19. Its about time.

A vast number of Americans have to literally be hit upside the head to finally see the truth. Still WAY too many aren't there yet.

[sharonstone]

20. WHY IT TOOK OUR AMERICANS TO SAY SO LONG?

[goforit]

21. LOL!!!!........Sharonstone, love your "posterboys" photo!!!

:bounce:......."a mission from god"....ROFLMAO!!!!!!