Americans increasingly discouraged over Iraq: poll 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Americans are increasingly disappointed with the
general direction of United States, the war in        Iraq and Congress'
new Democratic majority, according to a survey out Tuesday. 
 
 
Just 39 percent of those surveyed in the Washington Post-ABC News poll
said they approved of Congress' work, down five points from April when the
new Democratic majority had been in place for 100 days.

Support for the congressional Democrats elected in November slid 10 points
during the same period, the survey said, to 44 percent now.

The poll underscored that public support for the war in Iraq further
eroded. In April Americans said they backed the new congressional majority
over        President George W. Bush by 25 percent.

While lawmakers still have more support than Bush on the unpopular war
issue, their advantage over Bush slid to 16 percent.

After a presidential veto amd more pledged resistance, the Democrats have
dropped efforts to link financing the war effort to a timetable for the
withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

Fifty-five percent of those questioned said the number of troops in Iraq
should be reduced, a new high, although only 15 percent of those polled
demanded an immediate withdrawal.

Overall, 61 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the war, while 53
percent believe it has not helped bring long term security. And 64 percent
believe the United Stated is not making meaningful progress on restoring
order in Iraq.

Skepticism about the war, Bush and Democratic lawmakers helped fuel a
downbeat attitude: 73 percent said the country was headed in a bad
direction, the survey of 1,205 adults on May 29-June 1, found.


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