June 17, 2003



Poll: We're Doomed as a Society

A third of the American public believes U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll, and 22 percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons.

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Before the war, half of those polled in a survey said Iraqis were among the 19 hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001. But most of them were from Saudi Arabia. None were Iraqis.

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(Survey director) Kull said the poll's data showed the mistaken belief that weapons of mass destruction were found "is substantially greater among those who favored the war."

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posted by dack


Comments

Unbelievable

Regards and Good Luck, Bob Graham

Posted by: Robert Graham on June 17, 2003 10:46 AM


Don't mean to plug the competition, Dack, but Tom Tomorrow has a good post showing that a large # of Americans think the Enlightenment was a mistake:

56% think in war, the media should support the government over questioning it

33% believe a wife should "submit herself graciously" to a husband

26% thought various disasters in 1999 might "foreshadow the wrath of God"

Posted by: Vin Carreo on June 19, 2003 04:58 AM


Vin man, thanks for dropping by, and no sweat about that TT link. It's good. And we're just glad to have you here.

By the way, thanks for the link to the NY Observer article about the Times ending its relationship with Chalabi's niece.

From a Nation article by Alterman it was another "star" reporter, Patrick Tyler, who hired her: "Patrick Tyler, another Raines crony, even hired Chalabi's niece, Sarah Khalil, to channel supplies to reporters in Iraq."

What you said in your post is so true: "If the neocons were smart, they'd realize that the Times is on their side."

Posted by: dack on June 19, 2003 09:59 AM