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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Thx Freddie...a completely BS thread that has an underlying point of importance.
Then we must deal with the eternal problem. Satan, come on down (and bring your religion...Islam...with you).
"...a completely BS thread that has an underlying point of importance."
Ha! The only poll that counts is WHO IS THE POTUS?
Keep as it is now
26% ..... 38% ..... 26%
Withdraw some troops
31% ..... 32% ..... 21%
Withdraw all troops
28% ..... 17% ..... 25%
If George W. Bush decides to send more troops to Iraq, would you be upset, or not?
Yes, upset ................... No, not upset
Jun. 2005 - 56% ............. 37%
Sept. 2004 - 40% ............. 53%
Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,004 American adults, conducted from Jun. 6 to Jun. 8, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
More BS from the LSM.
....but there were men in those days who really did seek Gods plan to snuff it out...
Yes, there were - but they fell short, as we all do. I also believe there are good men today who really seek God's plan as well. Unfortunately, we have to many enemies within pushing their PC crap etc.
In regards to your tag - YES.
Ummmmm, nice straw man. Then again, it's easier to put words into peoples mouths than to refute what they really said.
BTW, I'm still wondering how you would define "radical Islamist" as opposed to "moderate Muslim" and how one may discern the difference?
Which one would be guilty of corrupting pure Islam, or Bidah, and which would be emulating the examples of Muhammed himself?
What parts of the Koran and hadeeths does one ignore... and why would someone ignore certain Fiqh or not be obligated to Taqlid?
It's what they do after reading the book that bothers me.
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/for_beslan_children.html
What kind of people would conceive and perpetrate a scheme that would lead to the burning, mutilation and death of 350 young children as was done in the school this week in Russia? What dogma was responsible for motivating Islamic women earlier this week to strap bombs to their bodies and board two Russian aircraft filled with passengers for the purpose of blowing them up and killing everyone?
What doctrine was professed by the suicide bombers who shouted Allahu Akbar before they murdered 20 Jews this week in Beersheba, Israel? Was it the same religion professed by the Muslims who decapitated a Nepalese worker in Iraq, and blew out the brains of a dozen more, while shouting verses from the Quran? Could Islam be the reason the Islamic cleric in Iraq motivated his Jihadist militia to torture, rape and desecrate Iraqis who wouldnt join in the terrorist raids, piling hundreds of mutilated and naked bodies behind a mosque?
When Osama bin Laden praised Allah and Islam for the success of the 9/11 terrorist attack and said I am following in Muhammads footsteps, do you think that he might have been telling us something important? Could it have been a confession? Since the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 93 was perpetrated by Shiek Ar-Rahman, the worlds foremost authority on the Quran, might we assume that Islams scriptures condone terror? Are these vicious attacks perpetrated in the name of Islam and Allah unrelated? Are they just the misguided acts of random people, or do those we call terrorists, rebels, and insurgents have something in commonIslam perhaps?
...read more...http://prophetofdoom.net/
The Saud swine Naif (aka Nayeef, Nayef etc... I think his mother was unsure of who his father was) was the one who opined, in a post 9/11 whine-a-thon, that "zionists" were responsible. I'm sure he still looks out for our white ships when ever he's down at the beach.
As for the POTUS... I still love this quote:
"I don't think a photo inspires murderers. These people are motivated by a vision of the world that is backward and barbaric." - George W. Bush
Time to send the vile ideology that is the "root cause" of their deluded vision to history's unmarked grave of discarded lies....
"Time to send the vile ideology that is the "root cause" of their deluded vision to history's unmarked grave of discarded lies...."
Sounds good to me, now hand me that spade!
They are all in the same bed together and they are all out to kill us.
Syria is controlled by a Baathist regime which is feeding "insurgents" into Iraq to destablize it. So is Iran which is also trying desparately to build a nuclear bomb so they use it - on us or the small numbers of allies we have.
Whatever the reasons for going into Iraq first - and there were many - we have made a policy decision to try and set up a stable government there. Such a result will be impossible if we leave the present regimes operating in Iran and Syria.
As for Saudi Arabia, Wahhabist clerics are the backbone of anti-American, anti-western terrorist groups. And Saudi Arabia is their capital and their banker and we have allowed these demons to set up shop right here in America.
For a bit of good news - have you seen this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1422955/posts
It appears our cowboy is back and loaded for bear, or demonRAT.
STRATEGERY! Look at a map and your first comment will make all the sense in the world, coupled with all the other reasons for going to Iraq first. IMHO
"When did we become a country of wimps?"
Sometime between the Korean War and the Viet Nam War.
The Democrat Party, liberal socialists, Hollyweird, the Mainstream Media and the Teaching "profession" have all contributed to it.
"CNN and USA Today"
Says it all. Communist Network News and the notorious Gannett Gang.
Yep...the only reason to even look at a poll is to DEBUNK it!
Do we really have 41,000 (prox) in Japan and S Korea and
and 75,000 in Germany? Am I reading that chart correctly?
Those troops would better serve this country as a wall against the waves of terrorists who must be sneaking across our southern border. But I hate it when I have to endure calls for an exit strategy from nincompoops and socialists. 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.
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