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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (112402)	8/23/2003 1:42:29 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Sounds like an effort to try to believe that everything would be hunky-dory if only the big bad US didn't keep stirring up trouble. A much pleasanter thought than facing the idea that you're living next to a lunatic asylum that could explode any day now. U.S. efforts in the six-party negotiations on North Korea may be further complicated by widespread sentiment in South Korea that Washington acts unilaterally in foreign policy. Three-in-four South Koreans (76%) believe that the United States does not take into account South Korean interests when making international policy decisions So the US is acting unilaterally because it refuses to engage in bilateral negotiations with North Korea? Say what?

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (112402)	8/23/2003 1:45:44 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

The Harris Poll® #47, August 22, 2003 Administration’s Credibility on Reasons for Invading Iraq Still Strong But Declining Compared to Tony Blair’s problems, this is truly "another country." _____________________________________ by Humphrey Taylor While public confidence in the accuracy of the arguments given to justify the invasion of Iraq has declined somewhat, the administration, and President Bush, are still being given the benefit of the doubt by most Americans. While most people (63%) do not think that clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction has been found, an almost three-to-one majority (67% to 23%) believes that Iraq had them. And a 50% to 35% plurality believes that clear evidence has been found that Iraq was supporting Al Qaeda. Furthermore, a 53% majority of the public believes that the U.S. government "tried to present the information about weapons of mass destruction . . . accurately." Only 40% of adults believe that the government "deliberately exaggerated the reports . . . in order to increase support for the war." However, the government’s credibility has eroded significantly since June. Specifically: The current 47% to 45% plurality who believes that "what we were told by the U.S. government about Iraq’s links to Al Qaeda" was "generally accurate," compares to a 55% to 36% majority who felt this way in June. Those who believe that "clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction has been found in Iraq" have declined from 35% in June (when the president said that two mobile trailers allegedly used for making biological weapons were evidence) to only 27% now. However, 67% still believe that those weapons existed, even if we haven’t found them. Another piece of evidence that the credibility of the government is waning is a decline (from 40% in June to 33% now) in those who say that "if it turns out that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and there was no strong link to Al Qaeda" they would still believe that "we were told the truth." These are some of the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 1,011 adults surveyed by telephone between August 12 and 17, 2003. The big contrast with Tony Blair’s problems in Britain The last few weeks have seen a series of British polls showing that very few Brits still believe that Tony Blair can be trusted to tell the truth. Why the big difference between Britain and the U.S.A.? One big difference is the way the media have handled the issue. Blair has been subjected to far more aggressive criticisms, and has had to face a series of tough television and (especially) radio interviews from journalists who keep pounding on the difference between what he said before the war and what we know now. Compared to Tony Blair, President Bush has been treated with kid gloves by the American media – and by most Democrats. This is truly "another country." harrisinteractive.com