British support for Iraq war at record low: poll

[Comrade]

Also headlining for this story is 'Uber-liberal French reporting agency AFP can't do math.'

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050112/wl_uk_afp/iraqbritainpublic_050112002544

British support for Iraq war at record low: poll

2 hours, 39 minutes ago


LONDON (AFP) - Public support for the war in Iraq (news - web sites) has fallen to a record low, with only 29 percent of Britons believing that it was the right thing to do, according to a poll.

However, a strong majority of Britons believe that elections for an Iraqi assembly should go ahead this month, according to the poll conducted by Populus at the weekend and published in the Times newspaper.

Support for the war peaked at 64 percent in April 2003, when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was overthrown, three weeks into the US-led invasion, and has declined steadily over the subsequent 18 months, it said.


The number saying that waging war was the wrong thing to do has decreased slightly to 53 percent from 57 percent two months ago, and the proportion saying that they did not know has risen from 13 to 18 percent since November, it said.

So by deduction, of that 5% net increase in uncertainty since November, 4% of those are from people who changed their minds about how wrong it was before, and only 1% of those that thought it was right before are now uncertain.

So in fact the opinion overall of the war has improved.

Oh no, though, you Frenchies can't stomach the greater picture and instead have to sensationize the irrelevent facts.

Nice propaganda trick though.

 

[Said1]

Also headlining for this story is 'Uber-liberal French reporting agency AFP can't do math.'

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050112/wl_uk_afp/iraqbritainpublic_050112002544



So by deduction, of that 5% net increase in uncertainty since November, 4% of those are from people who changed their minds about how wrong it was before, and only 1% of those that thought it was right before are now uncertain.

So in fact the opinion overall of the war has improved.

Oh no, though, you Frenchies can't stomach the greater picture and instead have to sensationize the irrelevent facts.

Nice propaganda trick though.

Did this thread here accidentally?

Oh, and booo Frenchmen.

 

[Comrade]

Ooops... you're right honey. If there's a moderator around, please move this to Europe.

 

[Said1]

I meant "put this thread here".

 

[dilloduck]

LOL don't tease Said with a french post like that

 

[Said1]

LOL don't tease Said with a french post like that

Yeah, bad. I was so excited I could hardly type! Oh well, back to the iron lung with me!