DU this poll on Iraq

[DesertRat]

In the middle of the page, halfway down: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
As the U.S. military death toll nears 2,700, daily bombings and shootings continue in Iraq with little hope for peace in the immediate future. What should the U.S. do?
29.3%
Stay the course. We need to remain in Iraq until a stable government has control of the country. (1281 responses)

33.9%
Start withdrawing troops now and reduce the American presence over an extended period of time. (1481 responses)

34.1%
Pull out our troops soon. We've done all we can. (1488 responses)

2.7%
I'm not sure. (117 responses)

4367 total responses

[whistle]

1. done

As the U.S. military death toll nears 2,700, daily bombings and shootings continue in Iraq with little hope for peace in the immediate future. What should the U.S. do?

29.3%
Stay the course. We need to remain in Iraq until a stable government has control of the country. (1284 responses)

33.9%
Start withdrawing troops now and reduce the American presence over an extended period of time. (1487 responses)

34.1%
Pull out our troops soon. We've done all we can. (1497 responses)

2.7%
I'm not sure. (117 responses)

4385 total responses

[Kermitt Gribble]

2. Done.

[misternormal]

3. Who the hell, in their right minds, or not...

... could even think about "Staying the course"?

There is no course... There never has been, and until the * administration comes up with some sort of exit strategy, there never will be a course.

All we are doing now is pissing into the wind. The Iraqis don't want us there, in fact no one in the region wants us there. * and his idiots have made the U.S. Government unwelcome in the majority of the world.

I say get the hell out, and let them decide which way to go. :headbang:

[DesertRat]

4. They're not in their right minds

They drank the evil KoolAid.

[Historic NY]

5. done & kicked

[JoMama49]

6. done = 30% want to STAY THE COURSE! omg

[ChiciB1]

9. Yes, But If You Add The Numbers For Withdrawal...

well you get the point.

I stopped trying to figure out "rationale" for stupidity a long time ago! I just assume they need ANOTHER pair of "blinders" to put on over the ones they are already wearing.

[ChiciB1]

7. I Voted To Pull Out The Troops Soon... This May Feed What Repukes

call "cut & run" but after having given this a considerable amount of thought, thinking that perhaps it should be gradual I simply concluded that WHY keep prolonging this insanity.

Remember when you were a kid and you cut yourself, your mother or father fixed up the boo-boo with a band aid and then came a day when the band aid HAD to come off. I ALWAYS made the decision to just rip it off all at once instead of that slow torture of pain by doing it a little bit a time. In the end, it didn't take away pain, but it WAS over quicker!!

I realize this is an overly simplistic analogy but it's no more STUPID than starting a War In The Middle East in the first place!!! I never even sat on the fence in the beginning, you stir up mounds of fire ant hills you should KNOW what those ants are going to do. And it would be impossible to contain all those ants running all over the place!!

There needs to be an AWARD FOR STUPIDITY! I have many nominees, and most of them would win the award!!!

[FtWayneBlue]

8. done.

As the U.S. military death toll nears 2,700, daily bombings and shootings continue in Iraq with little hope for peace in the immediate future. What should the U.S. do?

29.1%
Stay the course. We need to remain in Iraq until a stable government has control of the country. (1323 responses)

33.8%
Start withdrawing troops now and reduce the American presence over an extended period of time. (1538 responses)

34.5%
Pull out our troops soon. We've done all we can. (1570 responses)

2.7%
I'm not sure. (122 responses)

4553 total responses

[StrictlyRockers]

10. done

As the U.S. military death toll nears 2,700, daily bombings and shootings continue in Iraq with little hope for peace in the immediate future. What should the U.S. do?

29.1%
Stay the course. We need to remain in Iraq until a stable government has control of the country. (1329 responses)

33.8%
Start withdrawing troops now and reduce the American presence over an extended period of time. (1542 responses)

34.5%
Pull out our troops soon. We've done all we can. (1575 responses)

2.7%
I'm not sure. (122 responses)

4568 total responses


This looks good! Ok, 68.3% want us to get out. I like it.

[OhioChick]

11. Done n/t

[Dervill Crow]

12. Done. eom