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To: E who wrote (19283)	8/14/2002 12:08:07 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

He needs to quit drinking. The monkeys were th clear victors. Do you also have a lifetime subscription to the Weekly World News? :-) From the same source: New Poll Claims Most Americans Back War Against Iraq 8-13-2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans would back U.S. military action to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as long as Washington did not act alone, according to a poll released on Monday. The Washington Post/ABC News poll, conducted as the Bush administration studies ways to achieve "regime change" in Baghdad, showed public support for war stood at 69 percent. But the poll showed that support would slip if U.S. allies opposed it and if it would mean a high number of U.S. casualties. In the absence of allied support, fewer than half of those polled would support military action, the poll indicated. And while 57 percent said they supported a U.S. invasion with ground troops, backing declined to 40 percent if the U.S. casualty toll began to mount. Accusing Baghdad of developing weapons of mass destruction, Bush has branded it part of an "axis of evil" and an "enemy until proven otherwise." His stated policy is to seek the ouster of Saddam. Seventy-nine percent of Americans agreed with the president's view that Iraq is a threat, according to the Washington Post/ABC News poll. After weeks of public debate on the subject, the poll found the public evenly divided on whether Bush had a clear Iraq policy. Forty-five percent said he did but 42 percent said he did not. Under pressure from some members of Congress and many foreign allies not to launch an unprovoked attack, Bush stressed on Saturday that he had no timetable for deciding whether to use military force against Iraq. He also said he was consulting with lawmakers and foreign governments. Seventy-five percent of the poll respondents said Bush should get authorization from Congress before going to war, and about half said Bush should have the final decision if it came to military action. The national poll of 1,023 adults was conducted Aug. 7-11 and had a three percentage point error margin. rense.com