British Hostage Grab Helps More Americans Realize Iranian Threat

Which comes closer to your opinion: Iran is a threat to the United States that requires military action now, Iran is a threat that

	Mar. 27	Mar. 10	Feb. 27
Threat requiring action now	18%	10%	15%
Threat that can be contained	54%	65%	56%
Not a threat at this time	18%	18%	20%
Not sure	10%	7%	9%

To the best of your knowledge, do you think Iran is currently providing weapons to insurgents in Iraq, or isn’t Iran doing that?

Yes, providing	65%
No, not doing that	12%
Not sure	23%

Source: CBS News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 831 American adults, conducted on Mar. 26 and Mar. 27, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.