The Empire's New Clothes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8347538/site/newsweek/
The cost of the war in Iraq is almost beyond imagining. But as it comes
into focus, it's no wonder that the public is turning against it.
WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Christopher Dickey
Newsweek
Updated: 12:33 p.m. ET June 25, 2005
June 24 - So the polls show most Americans don't "think it was
worth going to war in Iraq." An even bigger majority, almost six in
10, are dissatisfied with the Global War on Terror or, as the
inside-the-Beltway types call it, the GWOT. This may seem a little
contrary, even ungrateful, given that the same Americans are
increasingly confident they won't have to face another terrorist
attack like 9/11 anytime real soon. (Only 4 percent thought one might
happen in the next few weeks.) Something seems to be keeping the
terrorists at bay. President George W. Bush says it's the war in
Iraq. So is the public just churlish? Or stupid? I don't think so.
What we're seeing with these recent polls, in fact, is a return to
common sense.
Christopher Dickey
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