Why hasn't the mainstream media reported these poll findings?

Support for the War On Terror has been divided pretty much along political lines since it first started. The bit I can't understand is why there's so much support for war in Afghanistan and not Iraq given we're fighting the same people. It may not have started out that way but that's the situation we face now so surely the goal needs to be to defeat Al Qaeda and its supporters wherever they are?

Justification by the Left for war in Afghanistan is based on the fact that it's where the Taliban and Al Qaeda were based, using it as a training ground for terrorists. On that basis shouldn't we also be in Warizistan, northern Pakistan, which has effectively been annexed by the Taliban and Al Qaeda as their new base? When Germany invaded France, took over the country and fought Allied troops does it mean that we're not allowed to take unilateral action against the German homeland?

The National Review Online has some interesting polling results in recent days. For example:

• According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 61% of Americans oppose “denying the funding needed to send any additional U.S. troops to Iraq,” and opposition is up from 58% in February. (3/23-25, 2007).
• A Bloomberg poll reveals 61% of Americans believe withholding funding for the war is a bad idea, while only 28% believe it is a good idea (3/3-11, 2007).
• A recent Public Opinion Strategies (POS) poll found that 56% of registered voters favor fully funding the war in Iraq, with more voters strongly favoring funding (40%) than totally opposing it (38%); (3/25-27, 2007).
• POS found also that a majority of voters (54%) oppose the Democrats imposing a reduction in troops below the level military commanders requested (3/25-27, 2007).
• A separate POS poll finds 57% of voters support staying in Iraq until the job is finished and “the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people.” And 59% of voters say pulling out of Iraq immediately would do more to harm America’s reputation in the world than staying until order is restored (35%); (2/5-7, 2007).
• A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll show 69% of American voters trust military commanders more than members of Congress (18%) to decide when United States troops should leave Iraq. This includes 52% of Democrats, 69% of Independents and 88% of Republicans (3/27-28, 2007).
• According to a recent Pew Research survey, only 17% of Americans want an immediate withdrawal of troops (4/18-22, 2007). That same poll found a plurality of adults (45%) believe a terrorist attack against the United States is more likely if we withdraw our troops from Iraq while the “country remains unstable”
• Should a date for withdrawal be set, 70% of American believe it is likely that “insurgents will increase their attacks in Iraq” starting on that day. This is supported by 85% of Republicans, 71% of Independents and 60% of Democrats. (FOX News/Opinion Dynamics, 4/17-18, 2007).
• An LA Times/Bloomberg polls reveals that 50% of Americans say setting a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq “hurts” the troops, while only 27% believe it “helps” the troops (4/5-9, 2007).

Given the results of the above polls I have a question. How does it come about that after a prolonged bombardment by the mainstream media and other major institutions - education, unions and various churches - to portray the war as illegal, going badly, unwinnable and 'lost' that there is still majority support in the United States for sustaining the effort, not de-funding the troops and not announcing a date for withdrawal?

If you took this poll in Western Europe you'd get exactly the opposite result including in the UK. What does that tell us about those people? It's certainly true that there's no such thing as balanced reporting and in the UK the conservative message is carried by only a few Fleet Street papers. I've posted previously on how the US has paid for world peace and continues to pay. It's ironic that the sense of security Europe has felt for the last 50 years which has lulled it into its current intellectually sophomoric state has been entirely due to the power of the United States. Instead of having to spend money on their military they've chosen to build the huge social programs that are in the process of bankrupting the place.

Obviously, it's morally correct to stay in Iraq and ensure that the place is stabilised lest the lesson of Vietnam is repeated and millions are slaughtered. Why one side of politics can be so blind to this obvious truth is beyond reason.