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Tuesday, October 14, 2003

more Iraq poll numbers 

Posted by Nick : 3:56 PM

Where is popular support for the so called anti-US movement coming from? Not from Iraqis according to the AP:
The Gallup poll found that 71 percent of the capital city's residents felt U.S. troops should not leave in the next few months. Just 26 percent felt the troops should leave that soon.

However, a sizable minority felt that circumstances could occur in which attacks against the troops could be justified. Almost one in five, 19 percent, said attacks could be justified, and an additional 17 percent said they could be in some situations.
Here's a question: what's the difference between the 19% of people who say attacks "could be justified" and the additional 17% who said attacks "could be [justified] in some situations"? Is it that more people think attacks on US troops are justified under current conditions than under some hypothetical (presumably worse) scenarios? That doesn't make logical sense, does it? Or is this just an example of the AP fudging with words to be able to say [against Hei Lun's better judgement] "36%" of Iraqis can support attacks on US troops?
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