Americans are growing increasingly optimistic about developments in Iraq, accord [View All]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans are growing increasingly optimistic about developments in Iraq, according to a new poll published Tuesday amid signs of US military progress in the war and a monthly decline in troop deaths.

Some 48 percent of those polled by the Pew Research Center thought that the US military effort in Iraq was going very well or fairly well, up from June when only a third of Americans thought things were going well.

But rising favorable sentiment about the war among the US public is failing to translate into a boost in support for keeping troops in Iraq.

By 54 to 41 percent, Americans in the poll favored bringing troops home as soon as possible rather than keeping them in Iraq until the situation stabilizes -- a balance of opinion barely changed from earlier in the year.

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Headline should read:

Poll: Americans are increasingly happy when they have smoke blown up their bums.