Record High Number of Americans Call Iraq War a Mistake - Roll Call

Record High Number of Americans Call Iraq War a Mistake

By Roll Call Staff

Posted April 24, 2008 at 10:32am

The number of Americans saying the U.S. made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq reached a new high in a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted April 18-20, with 63 percent taking that view. That surpassed the 61 percent who said in May, 1971 that the Vietnam War was a mistake.

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