Support for Iraq/Belief in Success High

DuH2 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-12-2008, 11:11 PM

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American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape.

According to late February polling conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 53 percent of Americans — a slim majority — now believe “the U.S. will ultimately succeed in achieving its goals” in Iraq. That figure is up from 42 percent in September 2007.

The percentage of those who believe the war in Iraq is going “very well” or “fairly well” is also up, from 30 percent in February 2007 to 48 percent today.

The situation in Iraq remains fluid, of course. A surge in violence or in troop deaths could lead to rapid fluctuations in public opinion. But as the war nears its fifth year, the steady upturn in the public mood stands to alter the dynamics of races up and down the ballot.

The repercussions will be most acutely felt in the presidential contest. Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton remain committed to a staggered pullout, while Republican John McCain holds steadfast in his support for the Bush administration’s military surge.

In recent years, election results have tracked perceptions about the progress of the war in Iraq. The Democratic wave in the 2006 congressional elections correlated to a low point in the public’s view of the war. The resurgence of McCain’s candidacy also tracks the decrease in U.S. fatalities in Iraq. Monthly troop deaths have dropped by about two-thirds since the summer of 2007, according to Department of Defense records.

Democrats’ resolute support for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces may soon position them at odds with independent voters, in particular, a constituency they need to retake the White House.

Half of self-identified independents polled now believe the United States should “keep troops in Iraq until the situation has stabilized,” according to polling data assembled by Pew at Politico’s request.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9016.html

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Stay the Course

..and there is no indication its going to stop rising.

sunnyside · #2 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 09:06 AM

However, unless they're retarded, the insurgents are going to put all they have into causing as much murder and mayhem as they can in sept/oct/nov . They know that's what they have to do to win, and they should know it'd have a fairly high chance of success.

DuH2 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 01:43 PM

That claim has been made every year..mostly by Democrats.
The enemy doesn't have nearly the capabilities it did priro to the Surge ..oh sure it can kil people with carbombs etc.
The only way though they can win with that tactic is to have the media here blow up every carbombing to absurd levels and the left here help them.

The only way the enemy can win in Iraq now is for the Demorats to Surrender.

f0ca1 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

The only way the enemy can win in Iraq now is for the Demorats to Surrender.

Mission accomplished again...

commonsense · #5 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 11:17 PM

I think I've cited this poem before:

I'm addressing you.
Are you going to let your emotional life be run by
Time Magazine?
I'm obsessed by Time Magazine.
I read it every week.
Its cover stares at me every time I slink past the corner
candystore.
I read it in the basement of the Berkeley Public Library.
It's always telling me about responsibility. Business-
men are serious. Movie producers are serious.
Everybody's serious but me.
It occurs to me that I am America.
I am talking to myself again.

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...erg/poems/8318

SenaxFlatulus · #6 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by commonsense

I think I've cited this poem before:

I'm addressing you.
Are you going to let your emotional life be run by
Time Magazine?
I'm obsessed by Time Magazine.
I read it every week.
Its cover stares at me every time I slink past the corner
candystore.
I read it in the basement of the Berkeley Public Library.
It's always telling me about responsibility. Business-
men are serious. Movie producers are serious.
Everybody's serious but me.
It occurs to me that I am America.
I am talking to myself again.

Wow man that's like... really deep.... and stuff.

nerv14 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 02:51 PM

Hopefully my support of the democratic candidate won't mess up all of the progress that as been made. Since Obama and Hilary will withdraw soldiers slowly 6 months into their term the war will hopefully have improved much more by then.

I would feel horibble if after a democrat wins and they start withdrawing troops which would cause the violence to return.

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