[thechat] Opinion on War

[Hugh Blair]

> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Madhu Menon
>
> So if the US people are mostly against a war on Iraq (as they
> seem to be), is the press advocating this PoV?

No - we see polls all the time.
>
> And if there's such overwhelming opposition, why is Bush so
> determined to go ahead with war anyway? Surely he's smart
> enough to realise that his approval ratings can only fall further?

Latest poll I saw (today) was running 47% for, 48% against attacking
Iraq - nothing "overwhelming" about that. It's the anti-war forces
that get the most attention and have the loudest voices. Sort of a
"dog bites man" (not news) vs. "man bites dog" (news) type of thing.

Hugh