In U.S., Slim Majority Says Iraq War Will Be Judged a Failure

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Source: Gallup

PRINCETON, NJ -- More Americans believe history will judge the Iraq war as a failure (53%) rather than a success (42%). These views have varied little over the past few years even as Americans have become more positive in their assessments of how the war is going.

2006-2010 Trend: How Will Iraq War Be Judged -- as a Total Success, Mostly Successful, Mostly a Failure, or a Total Failure for the United States?



To a large degree, Americans' predictions on how history will judge the war mirror their basic support for the war -- 55% say the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq, while 41% disagree. War opposition has eased only slightly in recent years from a high of 63% in April 2008.

Despite their more negative than positive evaluations of the war effort, Americans think Iraq is better off now than it was before the war started. Sixty-four percent hold this view, though this is down from prior Gallup measurements.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/142367/Slim-Majority-Says-Iraq-War-Judged-Failure.aspx

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