Uptick in optimism, still minority, about war 'surge'

Published: August 8, 2007, 6:15 am

by Mark Silva The public has grown somewhat more optimistic about the impact of the U.S. "surge'' in military force in Iraq over the past month, the Gallup Poll has found. Still, only one in three of those surveyed say that increased troop levels are making the situation better. . Opposition to the war has decreased slightly from a high set last month, Gallup reports, and is more in line with opposition registered throughout most of the year. "Americans continue to be inclined to wait for September and Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress about the status of the war before developing a new Iraq policy,'' reports Gallup's Jeffrey Jones. Yet the poll also shows that most people continue to favor removing most U.S. troops from Iraq by next spring. In the survey taken Friday through Sunday, 31 percent said the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is making the situation there better. That's an increase from 22 percent last month. A plurality of 41

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