Poll shows most Americans against war in Iraq

WASHINGTON: A majority of Americans do not think it was worth going to war in Iraq with support at the lowest level since the United States launched the invasion in 2003, according to a CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll released on Tuesday. Fifty-seven percent of those polled said it was not worth going to war compared to 41 percent who thought it was. In a February poll, 48 percent said the war was worth it and half said it was not. A poll in April 2003, shortly after the war began, found that 73 percent of Americans held the view that the war was worth fighting. The new poll results had a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points. Asked how things are going for the United States in Iraq, 56 percent said “badly,” up from 45 percent in March. Forty-two percent said said things were going “well,” down from 52 percent in March. The margin of error for that question was plus or minus three percentage points. reuters

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