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June 09, 2005
Unacceptable, Bogged Down, Not Worth Fighting, New Vietnam, Not Made U.S. Safer.
Juan Cole summarizes the results from a latest Washington Post poll:
Proportion who said the rate of US casualties in Iraq is unacceptable: almost 75 percent
Proportion who said US military is bogged down in Iraq: 66 percent
Proportion who say Iraq war was not worth fighting: almost 60 percent
Proportion who say Iraq is becoming a new Vietnam: more than 40 percent
Proportion who say Iraq war has not made US safer: 52 percent.
Proportion who say that Bush is handling his job poorly: 52percent
I wonder if the respondents were also asked about the rate of Iraqi casualties. After all, if one were to pick the most striking change about the nature of occupied Iraq over the last year, that would probably be it. The rate of American casualties has been pretty steady, with a spike around elections, while the rate of Iraqi casualties has skyrocketed.
Of course, the way our democracy works means that all this relatively striking drop in public support for the war will probably not result in any substantive policy changes until the next election.
Posted by zeynep at June 9, 2005 08:32 PM