troops will have to remain in Iraq for more than one year, with 43 percent expecting troops to stay at least two years. The capture of Saddam has not made Americans much more optimistic about the likelihood of troops leaving that country anytime soon. These assessments are unchanged since July. that required immediate military action: 44 percent now think so, but 37 percent think Iraq was a threat that could have been contained without military action, and 15 percent don't think Iraq was a threat to the U.S. DO THE RIGHT THING IN TAKING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ?īut the public disagrees on whether Iraq posed a threat to the U.S. did the right thing these numbers were similar immediately before Saddam Hussein was captured.ĭID THE U.S. A majority still believes that the United States did the right thing in getting militarily involved in Iraq. That rose to 44 percent after Saddam's capture.įor most Americans, the war remains the right thing to have begun. Beforehand, 39 percent said the result of the war was worth the costs, the lowest number ever on this question. Overall evaluations of the result of the war (in a question that did not mention Saddam Hussein) also improved after the capture. However, the current level of support is still lower than it was in May.
Less than half said that removing Saddam from power was worth the cost.īut in the polling conducted in the two days since Saddam Hussein's capture, 54 percent say removing Saddam Hussein from power was worth the costs of war, including the loss of American lives.
Immediately before the capture of Saddam Hussein, the public offered its lowest assessments ever of whether the war was worth it. capture of Saddam came at a time of declining domestic support for the war in Iraq.
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