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Friday, April 09, 2004

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Support For Bush Eroding on Iraq

The Christian Science Monitor reports:

As violence and US casualties mount in Iraq, President Bush is facing a precarious political situation at home - and a potentially critical moment in the presidential campaign.

Current polls suggest that public opinion on the conflict could be approaching a tipping point. While Americans have always been divided over the war, a majority has consistently held that the US made the right decision in deposing Saddam Hussein. But some polls now find a majority disapproving of Mr. Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq, and, according to a recent Pew survey, a sizable margin believes the administration does not have a plan to bring the conflict to a successful conclusion. The number of Americans calling for the troops to come home is rising, with just a bare majority now favoring keeping US troops in the region.


Things are not all lost for Bush. The economy is improving. Bush can still pull things out and win reelection if he pacifies the situation in Iraq and hands over power to a legitimate government by June 30th, or even failing that, by the end of the summer. But right now even this goal looks increasingly unlikely.

Bush, whose support came from appearing strong and decisive, is starting to look weak and clueless.

We now know that from the earliest days of his Administration, the President and his advisors were set on overthrowing Saddam, whatever the cost.

He got his way. And now he is discovering the cost.



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