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Publish date6 Jul 2014 - 10:26
Story Code : 162866

Poll: US voters blame Bush for Iraq violence

A majority of Americans blame the recent surge of violence in Iraq on former US president George W. Bush, in addition to opposing the Iraq war as a whole, according to a new poll.
Poll: US voters blame Bush for Iraq violence


The poll released Thursday by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute shows that 51 percent of US registered voters blame Bush for the current turmoil in Iraq, with only 27 percent blaming President Barack Obama.

"By 2-1, American voters believe the Iraq War was a mistake and most say it was the fault of President George W. Bush, but President Barack Obama isn't exactly getting high marks for the way he has handled the two conflicts he inherited," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

The poll also found that 61 percent of those polled said the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the wrong thing to do and 58 percent of the voters said Obama's decision to withdraw American forces from Iraq in 2011 was the right decision.

In addition, 55 percent disapprove of the way Obama is handling the bloodshed perpetrated by Takfiri terrorists in Iraq while 56 percent say that it is not in the US national interest to get involved in Iraq.

Iraq is currently witnessing a wave of violence, which escalated after militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control of large swathes of the country, including key cities last month.

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