1096 days and counting

Assrocket, April 4, 2003:

Remarkably, public support for the war is sky-high despite what seem to be rather pessimistic expectations about its length. 44% think the war will continue for "months," 10% for a year or more.

There is only one area where the negative media spin of recent days appears to have had an impact; 33% say our military leaders underestimated Iraqi opposition, while 39% say the Administration did. I would expect these numbers to fall if, as I anticipate, the military phase of the Iraq operation is over in a matter of days.

[emphasis mine, retardation in original]