And one more thing...
Ken or somebody keeps implying that the vast majority support attacking Iraq. But as usual, there is more to the story:
A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll shows 59% of Americans in favor of invading Iraq with ground troops in an attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from power
The outcome of the U.N. debate on Iraq remains pivotal to Americans' thinking: thirty-eight percent of Americans favor an invasion even if the United Nations does not approve a new resolution -- sponsored by the United States, Great Britain, and Spain -- that calls for an authorization of war. However, 40% oppose an invasion if the resolution does not pass.
about one in five Americans say the United States should not send ground troops to Iraq at all.
As such, roughly four in five Americans say they would support war against Iraq if the United Nations authorized it. including me.
And;
Sixty-six percent in this ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll support attacking Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein,
but:
At the same time, 57 percent continue to say they'd like to see more evidence. That grows to 68 percent if U.N. inspectors don't find hard evidence on their own. And 52 percent say that circumstantial evidence suggesting that Iraq possesses banned weapons — as opposed to hard evidence proving it — would not be enough to justify going to war.
From zogby:
Support or oppose sending son or daughter to war to remove Saddam Hussein
YES : 45
NO : 46
Support or oppose a war against Iraq if there were hundreds of American casualties?
YES : 41
NO : 50
Support or oppose a war against Iraq if it meant thousands of Iraqi civilian casualties?
YES : 38
NO : 51
Support or oppose a war against Iraq if it included sending in hundreds of thousands of U.S. ground troops?
YES : 45
NO : 46
Support or oppose a war against Iraq if the U.S. waged it without UN or international support?
YES : 40
NO : 52
So, I guess it means many people support THE IDEA of attacking Iraq, but in virtually all realistic scenarios, more are against.
