Only 25% Of Americans Agree With Democrat “Pull Out Now” Position On Iraq

Ken McCracken • September 13, 2007

The polls are moving in the President’s favor on Iraq:

WASHINGTON — Public discontent with the Iraq war has eased slightly, a new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll shows, suggesting President Bush may have a little more maneuvering room at a critical point in debates over war costs and troop levels.
As Mr. Bush prepares to follow congressional testimony by the top general in Iraq, David Petraeus, with a televised speech to the nation tonight, the poll shows an uptick in support for the president’s handling of the war as well as a small increase in the proportion of Americans who believe the troop surge is helping and that victory remains possible.
Those shifts in public opinion remain modest. Solid majorities continue to disapprove of the president’s performance and say victory in Iraq isn’t possible and that the war hasn’t been worth its human and financial costs. “There’s been no surge from the American people,” said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC poll with Republican counterpart Neil Newhouse.
Yet only one in four Americans say troops should leave now regardless of conditions on the ground. The public’s “heads and hearts are going in two different directions,” Mr. Newhouse said. “They want the troops to come home but think we can’t just leave.”

Poll after poll has come up with results similar to that last bit time and again, yet it never seems to get much play in the media. Americans may get frustrated with the President, and may not always approve of the way he’s handled the war, but they’re not exactly flocking to the Democrat position on this issue either.
An idea also born out by Congress’ approval numbers, which are perpetually hovering in the teens.

Tags: Domestic Issues, Media, Politics, War On Terror

2Hotel9

bs, it should go somewhat like this. Congress, meet reality. Reality, fuck Congress. It is time to start punishing ALL the members of Congress, serving and retired, for their crimes against America. Thats all Parties and the non-elected bureaucrats. Time for the hammer to start pounding, scumbag lawyer politicians to pay back all they have stolen and to go sit their asses in 4×8 steel cages for the rest of their lives.

Lets us do a poll on that and see just how unanimous the support of the American people is.
Bat One

IMHO this administration has been a complete failure in foreign policy.

Humble or not, that opinion of yours isn’t worth very much. North Korea is dismantling it’s nuclear program under some real supervision this time. The Taliban is being methodically decimated. Saddam is gone. The joint Iraqi/Libyan/Egyptian WMD program based in the Sahara mountains of Libya is gone. The nuclear proliferation network of A. Q. Khan is out of business. The European economies are starting to make a significant comeback thanks to some serious European tax cuts. Iran is slowly being contained.

And finally, in spite of the CIA, the US State Department, and the New York Times, there has not been another terrorist attack on US soil or against major US overseas interests. All in all, not too bad at all!
halatbis

I watched nearly all of the hearings; I think our country is blessed to have people like Crocker and Petraeus–and the Iraqis, for the most part, are also aware of the quality of these two men. My take is that the mission is that our troops keep a lid on this in-fighting, and little by little the Iraqi cooler heads will prevail. Second thought: Pres. Bush must get command of the English language and start explaining to us why we are there and what is at stake. He’s got to give this message time and again until it sinks in–plain and simple.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/Anna/ Anna

Pff… Any person of intelligence, is well aware of the failure rate using the “pull out” theory.
http://Array HG

The public's "heads and hearts are going in two different directions," Mr. Newhouse said. "They want the troops to come home but think we can't just leave."

Uh, can you say "3 out of 4 Americans support victory in Iraq"? Because that is exactly what this poll means. I could just as well be said that "3 out of 4 Americans support the war in Iraq."
http://edgruberman.wordpress.com/ Ed Gruberman

Typical hypocrisy form the left. Over at my blog I've posted time and time again videos of Pelosi and Reed saying things like…

We have to hold the administration accountable time and time again for their conduct of this war, we're as disappointed as the public is that the President has a tin ear to their opinion on this war.

When someone like Pelosi or Reed say that they are wanting to pull out now from Iraq because it is what the "opinion of Americans is", they must be talking about the Americans who are employed by MoveOn.org. I have one up right now with a link to this blog entry.
http://edgruberman.wordpress.com
imagine

I am definitely democrat and do NOT think we should pull out at this time. I don't think we ever should have gone…but that ship has sailed and we are responsible for what is happening and need to see this to a decent finish.

I believe 100% in our military and the capabilities therin'. I have zero faith in the current administrations ability to politically find a sustainable peace in that region.

IMHO this mess will get handed to the next admin. to deal with and that admin. will either be hero's or failures depending on what happens. IMHO this administration has been a complete failure in foreign policy.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Only 25% Of Americans Agree With Democrat "Pull Out Now" Position On Iraq

And some of those are Republicans who believe in the "Paul Out Now" Position On Iraq!
imagine

Give me a time machine. Let me go back and tell someone to NOT allow Paul Bremer to f%$k everything up. We would be in a different place than we are now.

That being said, someone needs to post this latest news of iraq, syria and north korea being chums…
2Hotel9

Y'all know how I feel about polls. 'Nuff said.
http://www.icallbs.net/ iAMbs

I don't think we ever should have gone…but that ship has sailed and we are responsible for what is happening and need to see this to a decent finish.

That's it exactly! It no longer matters, in terms of what to do now, whether or not we should have gone in. For the sake of argument, even if one takes it as a GIVEN that it was wrong to go in, that is NOT a reason to pull out now. We are there, we have to finish it.

Yet only one in four Americans say troops should leave now regardless of conditions on the ground.

I live in a very blue area, yet the majority of people around here understand that conditions on the ground have to dictate our action. YES, they WANT the troops home now, but they understand that that's not realistic.

If only our congresscritters had such a grasp on reality.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

imagine – IMHO this administration has been a complete failure in foreign policy.

"A complete failure" huh? That's a phrase most often used by partisans.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

The nuclear proliferation network of A. Q. Khan is out of business.

And what is the name of the program that Bush came up with that will help to prevent further proliferation? I've been trying to remember the name for an hour now. I was going to use it in response to "imagine's" incredibly shortsighted partisan comment.
Bat One

Lik,

I believe Proliferation Security Initiative, or PSI, is the term you're looking for.

John Bolton's explanation and appraisal is here.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

I believe Proliferation Security Initiative, or PSI, is the term you're looking for.

That's it!

Thank you so much. That would have bothered me all day. You know how that goes: You try to remember something and it's at the tip of your tongue, and then you tell yourself that it will come later so forget about it for now, but your brain continues to bug you until you remember.

Anyways, I wonder if "imagine" is even aware of the PSI. Somehow I doubt it.
Bat One

Anyways, I wonder if "imagine" is even aware of the PSI. Somehow I doubt it.

Lik,

Reminds me of that ol' Ronald Reagan saying, "It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit."

I suspect Mr. Bush's little-noticed consultations with George Schultz… not to mention his mother… have had a lot to do with that same attitude. The man definitely does NOT trumpet his successes like his predecessor did.
http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

The man definitely does NOT trumpet his successes like his predecessor did.

Heh. Yep. Clinton was so bad with that that when he spoke at funerals, it somehow became all about him. Just count the personal pronouns when he talks (I, me, we, us). The guy obsessively talks about himself.

Bush, on the other hand, rarely talks about his accomplishments. We went from one extreme to the other.

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