John Howard’s reason for war against Iraq
Q. John Howard has said that regardless of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction or not, the decision was right because it was in Australia’s national interests, and the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime provided the Iraqi people with opportunities for freedom. Do you agree or disagree?
Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Total agree |
44% |
35% |
58% |
16% |
Total disagree |
37% |
50% |
23% |
58% |
Strongly agree |
10% |
7% |
15% |
1% |
Agree |
34% |
28% |
43% |
15% |
Disagree |
20% |
24% |
15% |
21% |
Strongly Disagree |
17% |
26% |
8% |
37% |
Don’t know |
19% |
15% |
19% |
26% |
44% agreed and 37% disagreed with John Howard’s argument that regardless of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction or not, the decision was right because it was in Australia’s national interests, and the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime provided the Iraqi people with opportunities for freedom.
58% of Liberal/National voters agreed while 58% of Greens voters and 50% of Labor voters disagreed.

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