The AP-Kyodo poll has some sobering numbers on
where most Americans think we are headed. The majority of
Americans now think a major world war is likely in their
lifetime.
Is Another World War Likely?
Yes 60%
No 39%
Not Sure 1%
The poll demographics show that 68% of American women and 51%
of men think a world war is likely. Some think that Bush's
invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq will be the start of WWIII.
Six in 10 Americans said they think such a war is likely,
while only one-third of the Japanese said so, according to
polling done in both countries for The Associated Press and
Kyodo, the Japanese news service.
"Man's going to destroy man eventually. When that
will be, I don't know," said Gaye Lestaeghe of Freeport, La.
Some question whether that war has arrived, with fighting
dragging on in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the U.S. campaign
against terrorism.
"I feel like we're in a world war right now,"
said Susan Aser, a real estate agent from Rochester, N.Y.