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Tue, Jan 18, 2005
Majority of Americans disapprove of Bush's Iraq policy, polls say
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Despite President George W. Bush's belief that by reelecting him
Americans expressed support for the war on Iraq, two opinion polls
published showed the opposite: the majority think the war was a
mistake and disapprove of the way he is handling things in Iraq.
Shortly before Bush's inauguration for his second term in office, and
after he said in an interview that the 2004 election result proved
that electorate approved of his handling of the war, a Washington
Post/ABC News poll showed that 55 percent of Americans felt the Iraq
war was not worth fighting, against 44 percent who thought it was.
Respondents also disapproved of Bush's handling of the situation in
Iraq by a 58 to 40 percent margin, and 57 percent of the 1,007 adults
surveyed by telephone from January 12-16 were not confident that the
upcoming elections in Iraq would lead to a stable government.
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What mandate?
Harry
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