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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 08:11 PM
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Britons feel misled over Iraq war (66%)
LONDON (Reuters)


Two thirds of voters think Prime Minister Tony Blair misled Britain over the case for war in Iraq, according to a survey in the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Sixty-six percent of those questioned by ICM Research said they believed the prime minister had misled them -- either knowingly or unknowingly -- before he sent troops into action.

The poll is a further blow to Blair as he struggles to convince voters that Britain was justified in going to war.

On Sunday, former chief of U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix became the latest expert to question the evidence put forward by the government in making its case for war.

The Mirror poll found that 27 percent of Britons believed Blair had knowingly given them false information, while 39 percent thought he had misled the people without knowing.

The survey also found that one in three Britons, or 35 percent, had lost confidence in Blair because of the war, with 11 percent of Blair's own Labour Party saying they had lost faith. ---

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codeword Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 08:23 PM
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1. What are the figures for US voters on the same question about Bush?
Does anyone know?
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 09:09 PM
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2. I'm not sure, but the Brits appear to be about 1 month ahead of us
Hopefully in one month the Bush regime will be seeing similar numbers. :D
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 09:31 PM
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3. 69 % think he is lying. only 26 % think he is too dumb to know the diff
what can I say?

The guy is so dumb he is beyond help/
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rhino91063 Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 09:33 PM
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4. To bad Americans are not as smart
Shame in our country, the people are not nearly as smart. Most still think bush is a hero.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-03 09:59 PM
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5. Ya think?
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