Despite its contentious history, most American voters appear to have made a positive judgment about the country's efforts in Iraq. Almost six in 10 (58 percent) voters think, overall, the United States
"did the right thing" by going to war, according to the latest Fox News poll.

A little over one-third of voters (35 percent) take the opposite view -- that the U.S. "did the wrong thing" by becoming involved militarily in Iraq. From a partisan perspective, there is still division -- as 54 percent of Democrats think the U.S. did the wrong thing in Iraq, while only 14 percent of Republicans feel the same way. A slim majority of independents (52 percent) think the U.S. did the right thing in Iraq.

The national telephone poll was conducted for Fox News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 900 registered voters from September 1- September 2, 2010. For the total sample, the poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Click here for full poll results (PDF).

An even larger share of voters (71 percent) expresses some level of agreement with the view that the Iraqi people are better off today because of the U.S.-led action, while 19 percent disagree.

There is somewhat less partisan difference on this issue, as 58 percent of Democrats agree Iraqis are better off after U.S. involvement. Both Republicans (91 percent) and independents (65 percent), express higher levels of agreement.

When the scope is widened to broader security concerns, about six in 10 voters (58 percent) agree the action made the United States and the world safer. Again, more than one-third (37 percent) takes the opposing view.

If Iraq is considered a success, who deserves the credit? Voters are pretty clear, as a 54-percent majority names former President George W. Bush as the person who should be acknowledged as most responsible for the success in Iraq. Some 19 percent think President Obama deserves the most credit. Some 14 percent volunteer the view that neither of the presidents, but instead the Iraqi people are most deserving of this accolade. Interestingly, Democrats are evenly divided on this question (34 percent Bush, 34 percent Obama).

In Obama's August 31 speech announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, he did mention former President Bush. However -- by a two-and-one-half-to-one margin -- more voters feel he did not give Bush enough credit for "removing Saddam Hussein, helping Iraqis form a new government and creating the conditions that allowed for the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq" rather than too much credit (38-15 percent).

With regard to a projected timeline of U.S. military presence in Iraq, 44 percent think the U.S. should stay as long as necessary, while about one-third (36 percent) says a year or less.

All in all, voters seem to have moved past the divisions that formerly characterized the Iraq War debate and now judge the enterprise to have been -- overall at least -- a success.

Ernie Paicopolos is a Principal at Opinion Dynamics Corporation.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/03/fox-news-poll-americans-value-iraq-involvement/

Was this another FOX poll sponsored by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, largest shareholder of FOX news, hater of Iraq and lover of sharia law?

Of course the watchers of the greatest liar station in the world believe fantasies and myths. That is what fox wants them to believe.

7% is the largest share holder?

You mean to say the most trusted name in news?

However, several weeks later, in the wake of the North Korean Missile Crisis and the 2006 Lebanon War, Fox saw a surge in viewership and remained the #1 rated cable news channel.[34][35] Fox still held eight of the ten most-watched nightly cable news shows, with The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes coming in first and second places, respectively.

For the year 2007, FNC was the number-one rated cable news channel in the United States when rating based on Ratings, not cumulative audience[citation needed]. It was down one percent in total daily viewers and down three percent in the 25-54 year old demographic, but it still boasted most of the top-rated shows on cable news led by The O'Reilly Factor. Fox News ranked #6 of all cable channels

For the year 2009 Fox News had the highest ratings in its history, topping its cable news competition in all day parts and seeing double-digit gains for all of its programs.

In September 2009, the Pew Research Center published a report on public views toward various national news organizations. This report indicated that 72% of Republican Fox viewers rated the channel as "favorable", and 43% of Democrat viewers and 55% of all viewers share this opinion.

In the third week of January 2010, Fox News was the highest rated basic cable channel in primetime. This marked the first time that a news channel led the primetime ratings, beating out entertainment channels such as USA, TNT, and TBS. Also in January 2010, Public Policy Polling reported that Fox News was the most trusted television news channel in the country with 49% of respondents stating they trust Fox News.[41] Fox also scored the lowest level of distrust with only 37%, and was the only channel to score a net positive in that regard, with a +12%. CNN scored second in the poll with 39% of those polled stating that they trusted the news channel, and 41% stating distrust, a -2% net score.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_news#Ratings_and_reception

I am tired of your ignorance.

Actually, Keith Rupert Murdoch is the largest shareholder and owns and operates Fox News. Because someone owns a little stock doesn't mean they have a say in the business.

Yea, right! Only for fools.

To keep it straight we are talking about the Fox News Channel, not the local news.

Read the damn polls. Quit being a record player.

umm,, great that americans supported it,,,,,I guess


here are some poll numbers from those in IRAQ, living there before during and after,,,


U.S.-led invasion: All Arabs Kurds
Was right 48% 40% 87%
Was wrong 39 46 9

Liberated Iraq 42% 33% 82%
Humiliated Iraq 41 48 11

Presence of
coalition forces:
Support 39% 30% 82%
Oppose 51 60 12

Attacks on
coalition forces:
Acceptable 17% 21% 2%
Unacceptable 78 74 96


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/GoodMorningAmerica/Iraq_anniversary_poll_040314.html

Yea, ABC is really credible. Especially since it finished last in the public opinion polls and in ratings.

LOL,, lets just associate credibility with popularity shall we,,,

Look at the stats i've posted in like 20 threads.

for what purpose,,,,?

I have posted in like , a dozen threads, stats and polls as well as my opinion of how little they mean and how vastly different they can be ,,,,,

Here's a poll not done by an American news station CBC is Canadian) and conducted with respondents world wide, US included.

Sorry, couldn't find a Canadian poll strictly on US/Iraq though Iraq question is part of this one.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/america/poll.html

No Fox, ABC, CBS


This one seems to be a mish mash toss of several. Concentrating mostly on Iraq and American companies produced.

http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm

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