Majority 'dislike' Bush Iraq strategy

(Weekend Australian)

MORE than two thirds of Americans think President George W. Bush is mishandling events in Iraq and almost a third believe civil war in the country is imminent, according to a Harris poll published overnight. More US adults are pessimistic about the situation in Iraq since the bombing of the Askariya shrine and the ensuing sectarian violence, a nationwide survey found.

Sixty-eight per cent of those interviewed gave a negative rating of Bush's current handling of events in Iraq, and 30 per cent were positive. The president's ratings slipped from a previous survey in January, in which 61 per cent were negative and 36 per cent positive. Asked about the possibility of a civil war in Iraq in the next six months, 30 per cent of those polled said that such a war was very or extremely likely, with another 20 per cent saying it was likely.

Sixty-one per cent doubted that US policy in Iraq would be successful, up from 55 per cent in January, while only 20 per cent were confident, compared with 26 per cent previously. The Harris poll confirmed a growing erosion of public support for Bush's policy in Iraq. A Gallup survey published on Thursday showed support for keeping US troops in Iraq had reached its lowest point since the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein on March 20, 2003.

The Harris online survey was conducted among 2,435 US adults between March 8 and 14.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18510204%255E1702,00.html

Anyone heard anything specific? Something other than "stay the course," which isn't a goddam strategy at all?

brats playing a game of Risk with the globe.

I fuckin' hate these mass murdering genocidal bigots.