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Feroluce · **WMD Found in Iraq! -** 06-19-03

I wonder if any DF members were surveyed....

I'm not implying anyone in particular

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WASHINGTON - A third of the American public believes U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll, and 22 percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons.

But no such weapons have been found, nor is there evidence they were used recently in Iraq.

Before the war, half of those polled in a survey said Iraqis were among the 19 hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001. But most of them were from Saudi Arabia. None were Iraqis.

How could so many people be so wrong about information that has dominated the news for nearly two years?

The poll results startled the pollsters who conducted and analyzed the surveys.

"It's a striking finding," said Steve Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, which asked the weapons questions during a May 14-18 poll of 1,265 respondents.

"Given the intensive news coverage and high levels of public attention," he said, "this level of misinformation suggests some Americans may be avoiding having an experience of cognitive dissonance."

That is, having their beliefs conflict with the facts.

Kull said the poll's data showed the mistaken belief that weapons of mass destruction were found "is substantially greater among those who favored the war."

Pollsters and political analysts see several reasons for the gap between fact and belief: the public's short attention span on foreign news, fragmentary or conflicting media reports that lacked depth or skepticism, and Bush administration efforts to sell a war by oversimplifying the threat.

"Most people get little whiffs and fragments of news, not in any organized way," said Thomas Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, a centrist think tank. "And there have been a lot of conflicting reports on the weapons."

Polls show support for Bush and the war, though 40 percent in the May survey found U.S. officials were "misleading" in some of their justifications for war. A majority, 55 percent, said they were not misleading.

The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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thefinalw0rd · 06-19-03

It shows the ignorance of the masses, something that Bush is obviously hoping for...especially with his poor education policy...

Sixgun_Symphony · 06-19-03

Polls are notoriously innaccurrate. One can shape the questions to get any responce they want.

Iraq has alot of sand in the desert, most people are expecting that it will take awhile for the WMD to be uncovered.

06-19-03

Haha good god. Well this goes hand in hand with the fact that CNN deliberately omitted certain (very hardcore and graphic) reports while the war was happening. Things that were front page news here and on the main news constantly, was never even mentioned in the States.

06-19-03

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Originally posted by Sixgun_Symphony

Iraq has alot of sand in the desert, most people are expecting that it will take awhile for the WMD to be uncovered.

Oh man, thanks... that really made me laugh! That was a good one.

Sixgun_Symphony · 06-19-03

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Originally posted by Lillith
Haha good god. Well this goes hand in hand with the fact that CNN deliberately omitted certain (very hardcore and graphic) reports while the war was happening. Things that were front page news here and on the main news constantly, was never even mentioned in the States.

CNN = Commie News Network

Such reporting is why people are switching to Fox news.

Sixgun_Symphony · 06-19-03

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Originally posted by Lillith
Oh man, thanks... that really made me laugh! That was a good one.

Merely stating what should be obvious. Some don't quite grasp it.

Of course some people are hoping that such WMD's are never found.

Iron's Rite · 06-19-03

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Originally posted by Sixgun_Symphony

Of course some people are hoping that such WMD's are never found.

I was under the impression that that would be a good thing . . .

06-19-03

Good one Denalay, though I don't think he'll take it in the way you meant it.

Sixgun_Symphony · 06-19-03

Its the Libs who pray that Saddam hid the WMD well enough for them not to be found. At least not until after the next elections that is.

Billy the Kidd · 06-20-03

fox = posterboys for Bush

Feroluce · 06-20-03

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Originally posted by Sixgun_Symphony
Polls are notoriously innaccurrate. One can shape the questions to get any responce they want.

Ah yes...just like elections in Florida

06-20-03

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Originally posted by Sixgun_Symphony
Its the Libs who pray that Saddam hid the WMD well enough for them not to be found. At least not until after the next elections that is.

See...?

thefinalw0rd · 06-20-03

Yeah, he's the master of twisting words.

Intent clear here, Denalay...