Even if people (wrongly) think we are doing poorly in Iraq, most Americans want to win in Iraq and believe it is important to win:
57% believe “The Iraq War is a key part of the global war on terrorism.”
57% “support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people.
50% want our troops should stay and “do whatever it takes to restore order until the Iraqis can govern and provide security to their country” while only 17% favor immediate withdrawal.
56% believe “Even if they have concerns about his war policies, Americans should stand behind the President in Iraq because we are at war.”
53% believe “The Democrats are going too far, too fast in pressing the President to withdraw the troops from Iraq.”
Opinion polls will turn rather quickly on the Iraq question if we manage to tamp things down in Baghdad--and if the press reports that to our people, of course. The press continues to report (as they have for several years) on the "increasingly unpopular" war in Iraq. The press won't come out looking too good either.
I'd love a two-fer.
