Some Groups of Americans Growing Skeptical of Iraq War Effort

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBJMS8N0YD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine months of chaos and casualties in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's capture have taken a heavy toll on American opinion of President Bush's decision to go to war.

Last December, when Saddam was caught, public support for Bush's decision to go to war was 2-to-1 in favor. Now the public is evenly divided on whether the war was the right thing to do or whether it was a mistake.

Older people, minorities, people with lower incomes, residents of the Northeast and Catholics are among those increasingly skeptical of the war effort, according to Associated Press polling.

These shifts in public sentiment reflect the difficulties in Iraq - including a death toll nearing 1,000 U.S. soldiers, the violent insurgency against the new Iraqi government and U.S. forces and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, which was among the central justifications for Bush's decision to go to war.

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[NWHarkness]

1. SOME GROUPS of Americans??

Yeah, those that live between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

[olddem43]

3. Don't leave out Hawaii

[Born Free]

2. working class is not enjoying all of this

The working class knows we are the ones that must fight, we are the ones that will pay and our children will have to live in fear because of the poor decisions made by the bush team. Yes many are "fed up" with all fear all the time, many want to go back to peace and prosperity

[Disturbed]

4. Afghanistan the "Forgotten War"

Another Neo Fascist Failure.

[ixion]

5. and other groups of Americans have ALWAYS been skeptical of

the gross tragedy, a.k.a. the Iraq 'war effort'.