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To: PROLIFE who wrote (1709)	11/27/2003 9:43:48 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Yup it sure was. I bet Anti-AS is fuming.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (1709)	11/28/2003 12:29:52 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

doesn't look that way I pulled this from an Indian site to avoid bias Bush's Iraq coup unlikely to boost US polls Although troop morale in Iraq received a hearty boost from the visit, analysts doubted the trip would brigthen Bush's fortunes back home, where recent polls show sagging support for the occupation. "Something like this, holiday season, economy is getting better, a lot of losses every day. In that sense, it helps. It is not something that gives a fix for the election" though, Kipper said. Support for Bush's handling of Iraq since May 1 has plummeted, falling to 42 percent from 80 percent in an April 23 poll, according to a November 19 survey by USA Today. Fifty-five percent of those polled disapproved of the US handling of post-war Iraq, the highest negative response to the question since US tanks entered Baghdad in April. "I am not sure it is going to be particularly helpful," Kipper said in reference to the wider political questions plaguing Bush's Iraq policy. "President (Lyndon) Johnson did it in Vietnam, there were photographs of him shaking hands with the troops. But that did not help his political prospects in the longer term," Zunes opined. "The fact that it has been done so quickly and secretly underscores the failure of the operation so far," Zunes said. The death toll among US forces serving in Iraq has continued to tick up since Bush announced an end to major combat operations in Iraq on May 1, and chief US foe, ex-dictator Saddam Hussein still remains at large. The analysts also noted that one of Bush's past attempts to boost morale over Iraq had backfired. Bush landed in a navy jet on the deck of a US aircraft carrier on May 1 and announced to assembled crew, below a banner stating "Mission Accomplished", that major warfare had ended in Iraq. More US soldiers have died since the Bush announcement than during the war to oust Saddam. sify.com