"Beach_bum, polls like those are usually designed by the media to elicit certain opinions. Support for the war remained strong, but the press wanted to highlight the differences in degree of that support. Take a look at all of the "ifs""
Ok, lets try a different angle. How about Powell words:
pbs.org
U.S. opinion polls
JIM LEHRER: As you know, support for the U.S. position seems to be dropping among nations around the world. Also, recent opinion polls among the American people show the same thing; they want unified action with the U.N.; they're less enthusiastic about the U.S. going it alone. Does that concern you at all?
COLIN POWELL: Certainly it does. We watch the polls of course, but we have to do what we believe is right, and we believe that if we can make our case to the American people, to the world, that support can be generated; it can be turned around. And I also think that people will understand that if we have to take military action, the United States will not be doing it alone. There will be other nations that will be joining us, whether part of a U.N.-approved action under a second resolution, or, if that's not possible, and we believe military action is appropriate, there will be other nations that will be joining us. It will not just be the United States and the United Kingdom.
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So Powell decides to show his Mushroom Cloud demo to turn public opinion around.
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