L.A. BRONCOS FAN
09-06-2006, 11:24 PM
By The Associated Press Wed Sep 6, 7:31 PM ET
Most people in this country view the war in Iraq as a separate conflict from the war on terror, polling indicates.
President Bush has described Iraq as the central battlefield in the war on terror in several speeches and noted that terrorist leaders have said fighting the U.S. in Iraq is critical to their strategy.
But a CNN poll out Wednesday asked the public if the war in Iraq is part of the war on terrorism. Fifty-three percent said "no;" 45 percent said "yes."
In other poll results about the war on terror:
_Bush's approval on handling terrorism was at 55 percent in a CBS-New York Times poll out Wednesday — his highest rating on handling terrorism in that poll since July 2005.
_By 45 percent to 32 percent, people are more likely to think the best way to lessen the terror threat is to reduce, not increase, the U.S. military presence overseas, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
_Two-thirds said the U.S. is less respected by other countries these days than it was in the past, the Pew poll found. The Iraq war was mentioned by 68 percent as a top reason people are unhappy with the U.S.
_Six in 10 in an AP-Ipsos poll said there will be more terrorism in the United States because the U.S. went to war in Iraq.
The CBS-NYT poll, CNN poll and the AP-Ipsos poll of about 1,000 adults each, and the Pew poll of about 1,500 adults, had margins of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The CBS-NYT poll was conducted Aug. 17-21, the CNN poll was conducted Aug. 30-Sept. 2, while the AP-Ipsos poll was conducted Aug. 7-9 and the Pew poll was conducted Aug. 9-13.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_go_ot/terrorism_opinion
Most people in this country view the war in Iraq as a separate conflict from the war on terror, polling indicates.
President Bush has described Iraq as the central battlefield in the war on terror in several speeches and noted that terrorist leaders have said fighting the U.S. in Iraq is critical to their strategy.
But a CNN poll out Wednesday asked the public if the war in Iraq is part of the war on terrorism. Fifty-three percent said "no;" 45 percent said "yes."
In other poll results about the war on terror:
_Bush's approval on handling terrorism was at 55 percent in a CBS-New York Times poll out Wednesday — his highest rating on handling terrorism in that poll since July 2005.
_By 45 percent to 32 percent, people are more likely to think the best way to lessen the terror threat is to reduce, not increase, the U.S. military presence overseas, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
_Two-thirds said the U.S. is less respected by other countries these days than it was in the past, the Pew poll found. The Iraq war was mentioned by 68 percent as a top reason people are unhappy with the U.S.
_Six in 10 in an AP-Ipsos poll said there will be more terrorism in the United States because the U.S. went to war in Iraq.
The CBS-NYT poll, CNN poll and the AP-Ipsos poll of about 1,000 adults each, and the Pew poll of about 1,500 adults, had margins of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The CBS-NYT poll was conducted Aug. 17-21, the CNN poll was conducted Aug. 30-Sept. 2, while the AP-Ipsos poll was conducted Aug. 7-9 and the Pew poll was conducted Aug. 9-13.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_go_ot/terrorism_opinion