Rally ‘Round the Flag: Opinion in the United States before and after the Iraq War
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Instead, 75 percent agreed that the United States should “take the time to make sure a democratic government is established in Iraq even if that results in U.S. troops staying in Iraq for a year or more.” A bigger factor would seem to be much greater skepticism about the need for the Iraq War and de
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- Instead, 75 percent agreed that the United States should “take the time to make sure a democratic government is established in Iraq even if that results in U.S. troops staying in Iraq for a year or more.”
- A bigger factor would seem to be much greater skepticism about the need for the Iraq War and deep doubts about George W. Bush’s interest in addressing problems that matter to blacks.
- The only three major demographic groups to show majority opposition to the war before its start were blacks (56 percent opposed in a February Gallup poll), people with postgraduate education (56 percent), and Democrats (55 percent). Although women are usually less supportive of the use of force than men, a slim majority of American women (51 percen...
- On the whole, Americans felt safer and more satisfied with the position of the United States in the world—and even felt slightly better about the environment.
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