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| MegaJunkie | Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16578451/ WASHINGTON - Americans overwhelmingly oppose sending more U.S. forces to Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll that serves as a strong repudiation of President Bush's plan to send another 21,500 troops. The opposition to boosting troop levels in Iraq reflects growing skepticism that the United States made the right decision in going to war in the first place and that a stable, democratic government can be established there. Just 35 percent think it was right for the United States to go to war, a new low in AP polling and a reversal from two years ago, when two-thirds of Americans thought it was the correct move. Sixty percent, meanwhile, think it is unlikely that a stable, democratic Iraqi government will be established. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, D-Del., warned Thursday that any solution to the Iraq problem must have public support. Harking back to Vietnam, he said: "No foreign policy can be sustained in this country without the informed consent of the American people. They've got to sign on." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, appearing before Biden's committee, acknowledged broad public dissatisfaction with the current situation, but stressed that Americans are united on the high stakes in Iraq. Fully 70 percent of Americans oppose sending more troops, and a like number don't think such an increase would help stabilize the situation there. The telephone survey of 1,002 adults was conducted Monday through Wednesday night, when the president made his speech calling for an increase in troops. News had already surfaced before the polling period that Bush wanted to boost U.S. forces in Iraq.
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| HipJunkie Join Date: Jan 2007
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| I think that no matter how hard America tries....we will never be able to get a stable Democratic gov. over there. I really don't know what the answer is anymore....There are so many hateful radicals....and they are like roaches, they are everywhere from Europe to America killing people everyday! How will we ever really put an end to this??? |
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