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Article: UAE - Why Iraq War Support Fell So Fast - American Isolationism Could Be A New Trend.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula
- Article date:
- November 28, 2005
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The three most significant US wars since 1945 - Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq - share an important trait: As casualties mounted, American public support declined. In the two Asian wars, that decline proved irreversible.
With Iraq, the additional bad news for President George W. Bush is that support for the war in Iraq has eroded more quickly than it did in those two conflicts. For Bush, low support for his handling of the war - now at 35%, according to the latest Gallup poll - has depleted any reserves of "political capital" he had from his re-election in November 2004 and threatens his entire agenda.
Recent bombshell political developments, both a ...