Fewer Texans support war, poll shows

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

By JIM LANDERS / The Dallas Morning News



Support among Texans for the war in Iraq is waning, although 56 percent agree Saddam Hussein's rule of that country made the war worthwhile, according to the most recent Texas Poll.

In May, a similar poll of 1,000 Texans found 62 percent agreed with President Bush's decision to launch the war. The summer result was the lowest recorded since the war began in March 2003.

Texans were contacted between Aug. 9 and Aug. 26, when U.S. forces were fighting a running battle in An Najaf with the militia of dissident Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Two-thirds of those polled again disapproved of the way things were going in the Iraq war.
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The latest Texas Poll found Texans uneasy about the overall war on terrorism. Forty-five percent of Texans agreed with Mr. Bush's assertion that the war in Iraq has made the United States safer, and 50 percent disagreed.

"That surprised me," said Texas Poll director Ty Meighan. "That's a point that Bush has been making, and he's fairly popular in Texas. So not all Texans are buying that argument."

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[derby378]

1. La-de-friggin-da

This shows we've still got way too much work to do down here in Texas. We've got lots of military families who are being separated because of the Big Lie.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. Add to that reports of many Latinos pulling for Kerry...

Oh, to take Texas... All those delegates and all the humiliation...

Perchance to dream...

[Fleshdancer]

2. 86 soldiers from Texas have already died in Iraq.

You can meet them here:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/fmmac2.mm.ap.org/war2/state_county.php?-op=eq&State_County=Texas&Colname2=&select2=Search

I think it's safe to say that Texas is pulling her fair share of mourning and tears over the losses. Sad, isn't it? Almost 9% of the deaths are soldiers from my state.

:cry:

[derby378]

4. Among others...

We've got Fort Hood and Lackland AFB. We used to have Carswell over by Fort Worth until it got scaled down.

My heart goes out to the Texas families who lost loved ones in Iraq.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=803077