Three percent of Americans say Congress should cut all funding for the continued Iraq occupation

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVXmVmSgbAtmOMu2pep_FKHuNArg

Americans oppose full funding for Iraq war: poll
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A majority of Americans do not want to give President George W. Bush the 190-billion-dollar he has requested for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Tuesday.

While 27 percent said they would give a green light to the funding, a hefty 43 percent of those surveyed said they wanted the budget for those conflicts reduced sharply; and another 23 percent said they wanted the funding lowered somewhat. Three percent said no funding should be approved and three percent had no opinion, the poll found.

The survey also shed light on US voters' discontent with Bush and Congress.

"Bush's approval rating stands at 33 percent, equal to his career low in Post-ABC polls.

"And just 29 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, its lowest approval rating in this poll since November 1995, when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate. It also represents a 14-point drop since Democrats took control in January," the Post added.

[babylonsister]

1. '43% want budget for Iraq conflict reduced' sounds so much better!

IMO. 3% doesn't sound like a lot.

[terisan]

2. Paying for Iraq instead of racking up American debt-wonder what people would say to that. I

think they might say get out now and let Europeans have the occupation and the oil.

[endarkenment]

3. The actual question and the actual results

"The Bush Administration has requested nearly 190 billion dollars to fund the wars and related U.S. activities in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next year. This is about 40 billion dollars more than first estimated. Do you think Congress should approve all of this funding request, or reduce it?"

Approve All: 27%

Reduce It: 67%

Shouldn't Approve Any Money (vol.): 3% VOL means "volunteered"

Unsure: 3%

http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm

No funding was not even an option. This choice was volunteered by the responders. These polls are absolute bullshit. 70% of the public wants out of this war, the sooner the better.

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4. I suspect that if the Dems did cut funding the polls will continue to be absolute bullshit

Thats the problem.

Don

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5. I thought this was interesting n/t