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Originally posted by Ustwo
Actually its an interesting study.
The major flaw though is the only misconceptions they looked at were the PRO war misconceptions.
They didn't ask questions like: Were UN sanctions starving Iraqi Children? or Did US warplanes target civilians?
So what the study was looking for is who is most likely to have a pro-war misconception, not who is most likely to HAVE a misconception about the war.
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I don't even understand your point. Your last sentence doesn't make sense to me.
If the questions you ask could create an environment where the American public is ok with something like war, then they would be on par with the questions that were asked.
Why so quick to change the subject?
The point is that these misconceptions have helped put us in an untenable spot in Iraq right now. Changing the subject to the pollsters bias (if any) doesn't change the fact of the findings.
This is so typical of modern debate. Don't like the point of the argument? Can't refute the facts? Hey! Just change the subject, or throw dirt on the person presenting.
Criminy. The sad thing, of course, is that it works. Just like implying that Iraq was involved in 9/11 enough times works too...