Thursday, December 14, 2006

NBC/WSJ poll: 53 percent say no obligation to killed troops to stay in Iraq

Mark Murray from NBC news writes:

WASHINGTON - As the White House searches for a way to move forward in Iraq after the midterm elections and the Iraq Study Group's recent recommendations, the American public has grown increasingly pessimistic that the war there can be won, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they feel less confident the war will come to a successful conclusion. What's more, two-thirds believe the United States is already doing all it can to reduce the violence there. And a majority even says the U.S. doesn't have an obligation to killed or wounded American soldiers to remain in Iraq until the mission there is completed.
"For the public, there is no confidence left," says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican Bill McInturff. "It is just not going to happen — that we're not going to be victorious, that we're not going to be able to stay the course, that we're not going to be able to have a successful conclusion to the war."

If WMD's were our reason for going to war with Iraq, and obviously, we now know there were none, then what is our reason for staying? Let's see..
1. To reduce the violence?
It's our occupation that is causing most of it. In fact, according to the Iraqi polls, the majority of Iraqi's believe our leaving would help matters greatly.
2. Waiting until the Iraqi Government steps up?
How can they when we are "in their way" so to speak?

Isn't it time we stop and actually think about this? I don't think our leaders bothered to think this through. I'm not sure they bother to think at all. I'll say again what has been said a million times already. Haven't enough people died for this lie?
It's time to bring our troops home - NOW.

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