…of Americans want a timetable for troop withdrawal. That is just one of a series of questions about the Iraq war found in the latest CBS/NYT poll. Here are a list of other interesting numbers from their survey:
HAS THE BUSH ADMIN. EXPLAINED U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ?
Yes: 35%
No: 61%
DOES GEORGE W. BUSH HAVE A PLAN FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ?
Yes: 25%
No: 68%
DOES GEORGE W. BUSH HAVE A PLAN FOR BRINGING TROOPS HOME?
Yes: 25%
No: 70%
WHY DID BUSH ADMIN. DECIDE TO GO TO WAR?
U.S. Oil interests: 17%
Fight terrorism: 15%
Finish what his father started: 13%
To depose Saddam Hussein: 10%
Find/stop WMDs: 9%
Because of 9/11: 8%
Protect U.S. generally: 4%
Promote democracy in Mideast: 2%
Cheney/Rumsfeld wanted to: 2%