Poll Shows Terrorist Continue to Erode America's Will to Fight Back

Which comes closer to your view?

	Jul. 2007	Oct. 2006
In the long run, the U.S. will be safer from terrorism if it confronts the countries and groups that promote terrorism in the Middle East	38%	44%
In the long run, the U.S. will be safer from terrorism if it stays out of other countries’ affairs in the Middle East	54%	49%
Don’t know / No answer	8%	7%

Do you think of the war with Iraq as part of the war on terrorism, or do you think of it as separate from the war on terrorism?

	Jul. 2007	Oct. 2006	Sept. 2006
Major part	32%	31%	36%
Minor part	14%	12%	13%
Not part	46%	52%	46%

Source: New York Times / CBS News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 889 American adults, conducted from Jul. 20 to Jul. 22, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.