A new NY Times/CBS poll shows stark difference in Americans’ opinions over the war in Iraq. 75% of Republicans see the war as “the right thing,” but just 24% of Democrats agree. Independents are split 50-50 on the question. Partisan differences on Viet Nam, in contrast, never surpassed 18 points during the conflict.

So, essentially, we have three-quarters of the R’s and one-quarter of the D’s who believe in President Bush’s premise of the Iraq war:

It’s likely that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction

Iraq harbored terrorists

Only by democratizing middle east countries will we be safe from terrorism

Iraq is the central front in the war on terror

We have to stay and clean up the mess we’ve made

“Cutting and Running” out of Iraq will create a power vacuum and will embolden our enemies