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Iceburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 10:18 AM
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How many DUers supported the Iraq war initially? The results are IN!
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Edited on Sun Feb-10-08 11:04 AM by Iceburg
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The question was posed "How many DUers supported the Iraq war initially?"
In the 1/2 window there were 200 viewers, and 20 responders -- all but 2 claimed to be non-supporters.

A small sample, admittedly but it does suggest that:
a) many viewers of the thread were too embarrassed to respond
b) DU is completely out of sync with the general population which was very supportive of the invasion by an alarming majority (>70%)
see http://pewresearch.org/pubs/431/trends-in-public-opinion-about-the-war-in-iraq-2003-2007
c) Other?

Question: Given that a huge proportion of that 70% are now against the war, what will the 70% of the population that were once favor of the war be looking/listening for from the presidential candidates to assuage their guilt?
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