Posted on 08/21/2005 8:59:42 AM PDT by slowhand520
Since Juan Williams loves to quote polls (Especially 3 week old ones) I believe he said on the panel today a majority of Americans want troops to come home. Lets see if he'll mention this one
August 21, 2005--Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans say the U.S. should "withdraw its troops from Iraq at this time." A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 46% disagree and 15% are not sure.
Among those with family members who have served in the military, 34% say it is time to bring home the troops. Most in military families, 56%, disagree.
As with most questions concerning the War, there are huge partisan differences. Democrats, by a 57% to 24% margin, say it is time to bring home the troops. Republicans, by a 71% to 20% margin, disagree. Those not affiliated with either major party are evenly divided.
An earlier survey, asking a related but distinct question, found that 44% placed a higher priority on getting troops home than "finishing the mission in Iraq." In that survey, 46% said finishing the mission was more important
Related survey data showed that 35% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Cindy Sheehan and 38% have an unfavorable view.
Forty-three percent (43%) of women and 34% of men say it is time to bring home the troops. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of women and 54% of men disagree.
Married Americans say now is not the time to withdraw troops from Iraq by a 50% to 37% margin. Among those who are not married, opinion on this question is closely divided.
When it comes to the overall War on Terror, confidence that the U.S. and its allies are winning has fallen to the lowest level ever.
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That says, it shouldn't take another four years. If the Iraqis have the will they will be ready in months not years.
Ah DUH. Let's see. Stay in a palace where things expolde at random, the is raw sewage runing down the streets and you work very long days under miserable conditions. Or come home to air conditioning, TV, regular hot meals and clean sheets? However, Juan, what you should be looking at is how many of them are reupping to go BACK to Iraq. But of course you will not look at that number because that doesn't fit the Hate Bush agenda your Hysteric Leftist paymasters tell you to spew.
They got 39% and they had to survey fag-land to do it.
No, there is about of 1/3 of what I call the Cast Iron Right who want to bring the troops home and bomb the ME into a glass sheet. The mistake the Hysteric Leftist make is they think this 1/3 is with them. It is not. Look around here. There is a signifcant segment of Freepers who faults Bush for being too PC in fighting this war but these same people have no times for the Terrorist loving traitors on the Hysteric Left.
I agree with you.
IMO its time to start looking at alternatives if the current system can't come up with a draft constitution in a reasonable time. I'm still definitely in the 46% but that is pathetic.
Yes, it is really funny to watch. Seems no one explained to them that GW Bush is President until Jan 2009 no matter how many phony "polls" the Dinosaur Media manufactures.
Is the creation of an Islamic Republic a 'win'? If that sovereign government, approved by the Iraqi populace, asks us to get out and uses Islam as the basis of Iraqi law, is that a 'win'?
When will people recognize the Iraqi phase of the WOT is over we are watching political reconstruction. On the military front we are now fghting the Syrians Saudis Jordanians etc.
When will people recognize the Iraqi phase of the WOT is over we are watching political reconstruction. On the military front we are now fghting the Syrians Saudis Jordanians etc.
EXIT STRATEGY: 1) Win in Iraq 2) then, and only then, leave if no longer wanted by Iraqi sovereign Government.
Curious OV. What % of Americans say the War in Iraq is the most important issue facing the country? Never confuse what is important to the people with what is important to the Dinosaur Media.
It would appear that the Democrats in this poll have raised the white flag... It's all over, we lost and it's Nixon's... oops Bush's fault.
This is called the no news news.. Who cares??? Bush won we have the controls.. Bite me MSM...
Yes. Please give me three examples in the last 50 years of a democratically elected government going to war against another democratically elected govt?
I know this is hard for Cast Iron Conservatives to understand but stability and keeping the "wogs" crushed under the heal of a pet bully boy are mutually exclusive concepts.
"The percentage against any pullout would be well over 70%"I agree.I don't trust polls,and(imo)i suspect that a poll truely represenative of the American public would indicate that Americans overwhelmingly support our efforts in Iraq.Polls?Just more msm disinformation designed to manipulate public opinion.
Juan did defend Clarence Thomas.
I'd give Juancho a 75% moonbat rating
all these freepers telling us "everything is fine" don't want to adress that, and they don't want to address what "plan B" is if the constitution process fails and the interim government has to be dissolved.
The percentage against any pullout would be well over 70%"I agree.I don't trust polls,and(imo)i suspect that a poll truely represenative of the American public would indicate that Americans overwhelmingly support our efforts in Iraq.Polls?Just more msm disinformation designed to manipulate public opinion.
Not only that. It is meaningless. Seems the Dinasour Media missed this little fact. GW is President until Jan 2009 no matter what their maufactured polls tell them.
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