Sorry to be the bearer of bad news to those who think that Americans are finally starting to "get it" about Iraq, bu the latest Harris poll shows how bad things are:
Despite being widely reported in the mainstream news media that the US and other countries have not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as well as Democrat talking points that Bush lied about WMD, more Americans (50%) think that Iraq had such weapons when the US-led coalition invaded Iraq.This is a 14 percent increase from February 2005, when only 36 percent thought Iraq had WMD. This may be attributed to the recent discovery of an intelligence report describing over 500 shells containing WMD being found by US military forces in Iraq.
And then there is this gem, as Iraq's civil war kills at least 100 people a day:
Seventy-two percent (72%) believe that the Iraqis are better off now than they were under Saddam Hussein (slightly down from February 2005 when 76 percent said this was true).
Comments (2)
Americans, my friend, like all other people, are not insane. They're ignorant. And for this I blame the press. If Dante is right, the 7th and hottest ring of Hell is reserved for the cowardly press who in time of trouble stood neutral. Jefferson's fourth estate has become humanity's fifth column.
Posted by Mike Laughlin | July 24, 2006 8:00 PM
Posted on July 24, 2006 20:00
And you sit here safe and sound in your upper middle-class home instead of going there and effecting real change. If you can call me insane, I can call you a lazy dolt who has thought himself into an intellectual corner.
Posted by R. Smith | September 1, 2006 4:59 PM
Posted on September 1, 2006 16:59