Friday, September 24, 2004

But increasing numbers think that expelling the Iraqi dictator wasn't worth the cost, and that there's no clear plan to pacify Iraq. Just 40% said that "removing Saddam Hussein from power ... was worth the number of U.S. military casualties and the financial cost," while 52% said it wasn't -- the biggest gap in the year since the question was first posed.

On separate questions asked for the first time: 52% of the respondents said the incursion "has been a poor use of money;" 53% said they weren't confident the war "will come to a successful conclusion;" and by 47% to 41%, those polled said they did not think the war "will be a victory for the United States."

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