Posted on 06/14/2005 1:37:41 PM PDT by phoenix_004
Many adults in the United States believe their government should begin to implement an exit strategy in Iraq, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 59 per cent of respondents believe the U.S. should withdraw some or all troops from Iraq, a 10 per cent increase since February.
The coalition effort against Saddam Husseins regime was launched in March 2003. At least 1,700 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and more than 12,800 troops have been injured. 56 per cent of respondents believe the war was not worth it.
Iraqi voters elected a transitional legislative branch in January. On May 3, the new administration headed by prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in. Since the new government was announced on Apr. 28, more than 900 people have been killed in a variety of attacks.
On Jun. 7, U.S. president George W. Bush outlined his strategy on Iraq, saying, "Were training Iraqi forces so they can take the fight to the enemy, so they can defend their country. And then our troops will come home with the honour they have earned." 56 per cent of respondents say they would be upset if Bush decides to send more troops to Iraq, a 16 per cent increase since September.
Polling Data
Which comes closest to your view about what the U.S. should now do about the number of U.S. troops in Iraq: the U.S. should send more troops to Iraq, the U.S. should keep the number of troops as it is now, the U.S. should withdraw some troops from Iraq, or the U.S. should withdraw all of its troops from Iraq?
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Let's leave the GWB/GOP Medicare disaster out of this.
and MacNamara" where they had all kinds of measures for success
Yes. I believe there should be objective measures that ordinary Americans can look at to measure progress towards our objectives. While we can't know how long it will take, we can certainly get a specific idea of what needs to be done, what remains to be done, and roughly how long we think it will take.
--such as body counts,
I don't care what the measures are, so long as they accurately reflect progress towards a goal. For example, trained Iraqi forces. How many have we trained? How many left to go? When 50 get blown up, does that lower our total count by 50, requiring that we train 50 replacements? About how many must we train before they take over? What pace are we training them at? Provide an approximate date when we think we can have the whole number trained. etc. It's called accountability. along with the use of "limited force" which ties the hands of our valiant men in the combat zone?
Sorry, this line ("along with the use of "limited force" which ties the hands of our valiant men in the combat zone?") was accidentally left on the end of my post.
Fundamentalist, Wahhabist Islam sponsored by Saudi Arabia is the threat to our existence.
Islam practiced in Turkey, Uzbekistan, and other places is a different form of Islam. Which can co-exist with the West. Once we crush the uprising in Iraq, fundamentalist Islam will lose the upper hand in the Middle East.
At this point, it is benefical for us to remain in Iraq because we are eliminating terrorists there rather having to face them here at home.
But I hate it when I have to endure calls for an exit strategy from nincompoops and socialists.
I feel the same way!!
It is never thrown back in their faces that we are still in position 50 years after the end of their last really big war.
Oh, it is, but one must be at the right place, at the right time, in the right environment to hear the fleeting comment, before it is deeply buried in anti-war rhetoric.
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