Americans are less optimistic that Osama bin Laden will be captured or killed and say they believe al-Qaeda will remain a threat even if he is caught.
A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday also found that more than three-quarters of those surveyed say they believe bin Laden is planning a significant terrorist attack against the United States.
A majority, 53%, predict he will succeed.
Nearly seven out of eight say it remains important to the United States for bin Laden to be captured or killed.
Though bin Laden continues to have enormous symbolic value as the mastermind of 9/11, most Americans say his capture or death would do little to increase the nation's safety.
In the poll:
�A majority, 55%, say they believe U.S. forces are likely to kill or capture bin Laden. That's down from 66% a year ago and 78% just after Sept. 11, 2001.
�Almost everyone surveyed, 92%, says al-Qaeda would remain a threat even if bin Laden were captured or killed.
�More than a third, 35%, say their fire, police and emergency services are not well prepared for a terrorist attack. Sixty-two percent say their local authorities are prepared.
�Confidence that the war on terrorism is going well has dropped to 51% from 65% in December 2003.
The poll has a margin of error of +/-3 to 5 percentage points.
1 comment:
Lets put this poll in perspective. After all the attacks by the main stream news media, the leftist liberals and some Dems and yes Rinos too, this is the best they could do.
Seven out of eight believe that it is IMPORTANT for the US to capture or kill Bin Laden.
55 % of Americans believe US Forces will do just that !
51 % of Americans believe that the war on terror is going well.
The fact that those numbers above showed up in this poll is evidence that despite all the MSNM and the left's contant bombarding of the American public with Anti-Military/Anti-Bush Administration rhetoric day in and day out, that the American people are still behind their Military and their commander in chief.
Post a Comment