GEORGE BUSH’S APPROVAL RATING IS AT 53% — in Britain.

As David Aaronovitch points out, British media groupthink gives the impression that opposition to war there is near-universal, when it’s anything but.

I think that a media-diversification effort in Europe would do wonders. What Europe needs is a talk-radio boom.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, in a stunning rebuke to the Dixie Chicks, support for war is up in the United States, too. And here — in line with predictions made on this site over a year ago — is the most important part:

A majority of women now back the invasion of Iraq. Two thirds of those surveyed said they support a war with Iraq, compared to about half in a poll conducted two weeks ago. Eight in 10 men supported a war.

The bellicose-women trend, described here (and here, and here) almost 18 months ago, was real, and it’s one of many reasons why the 9/11 attacks were such a staggering miscalculation.