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Sixty percent of Americans oppose Iraq war: poll (more creative headlining from Reuters)
Reuters ^ | 08/08/06

Posted on 08/09/2006 6:52:29 AM PDT by presidio9

Sixty percent of Americans oppose the U.S. war in Iraq and a majority would support a partial withdrawal of troops by year's end, a CNN poll said on Wednesday.

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It was the CNN poll's highest number opposing the war since fighting began in March 2003, a figure that has risen steadily since then, according to the Opinion Research Corp. survey conducted last week on behalf of the cable network.

The poll showed 36 percent of respondents said they were in favor of the war -- half the peak 72 percent who supported the war as it began, said the poll of 1,047 Americans.

The telephone survey, which had an error margin of 3 percentage points, showed 61 percent believed at least some U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2006.

Voter anger over the Iraq war, plagued by insurgent and sectarian violence with a daily civilian death toll, was cited in the Connecticut Democratic primary defeat Tuesday of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who strongly backed President George W. Bush's war effort.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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The telephone survey, which had an error margin of 3 percentage points, showed 61 percent believed at least some U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2006.

I admit it: I believe that "at least some U.S. troops should be withdrawn" by the end of the year (if at all feasible). That puts me in the 61% category. I guess that means I am opposed to the war.

1 posted on 08/09/2006 6:52:30 AM PDT by presidio9
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Well I support a withdrawl from the suni triangle. Partition it off. Let the Suni's and Shites kill each other. At the same time redeploy those troops to the Iranian border.


2 posted on 08/09/2006 6:56:24 AM PDT by jimfrommaine
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said the poll of 1,047 Americans.

Not registered voters; and I'm willing to bet most of them were Democrat voters. Poll is useless and only Drive-By spin propaganda for 2006 elections.

3 posted on 08/09/2006 6:56:49 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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Reuters have been busted already with their bias reporting so I guess they will go ahead and come out of the closet.


4 posted on 08/09/2006 6:57:01 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: presidio9

Reuters, I have a new title for you : Al-Reuters, sarc.


5 posted on 08/09/2006 6:57:40 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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What do you base your thought that troops should be withdrawn.

Don't you know that if were not fighting the terrorist in Iraq that we would be fighting them here.

This war may not be over in our lifetime.

Just get on with your life and let the military do its job to keep us safe.
6 posted on 08/09/2006 6:57:40 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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I'm sorry, not even voters, but Americans...poll is even more worthless.


7 posted on 08/09/2006 6:58:04 AM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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LOL good post.  I'm one of those people that think the country is headed in the wrong direction... and that direction towards the left. :-)

8 posted on 08/09/2006 6:58:34 AM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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Why don't they just say 100% and be done with it already? Or maybe 105%. Yeah that's it.


9 posted on 08/09/2006 6:58:35 AM PDT by yobid (Islam is a disease and its death is the cure - deus clypus meus)
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Now the media push begins. They will cut, paste (or in Reuters case doctor), words and images to give the impression Ned Lamont's win is a "national mood"
10 posted on 08/09/2006 6:59:23 AM PDT by slowhand520
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60% Really???

Interesting considering the poll in Connecticut yesterday showing 52% of those voting supported the Anti-War candidate....

...and that was just amongst the liberals in a blue state.

Nationwide it's probably around 15-20%.


11 posted on 08/09/2006 6:59:35 AM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)
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Be very afraid of this Propaganda War, check and recheck all you read.

(want some truth?)

12 posted on 08/09/2006 6:59:40 AM PDT by yoe
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Al Reuters is now using Adnan Hajj to manufacture "polls" too?
Thought they let the sucker go?
Didn't know he'd been redeployed to the Reuters "polling" department. :)
13 posted on 08/09/2006 7:02:25 AM PDT by Jameison
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Ok, lets say the poll is accurate. How many people opposed the Vietnam war in 1972?


14 posted on 08/09/2006 7:02:40 AM PDT by sachem longrifle (proud member of the fond Du lac band of the Ojibwa people)
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Whoever wrote that headline should be FIRED.

Just my opinion of course.


15 posted on 08/09/2006 7:02:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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Are you really that dumb that you think I was making a point about troop reduction, or are you playing along with me?

We can go the other way if you like and talk about the fact that only the 36% are putting forward an actual position of for or against the war. This thread is about the POLL, dummy.

And, yes, we can always use our troops both more effectively and economically, and sould be periodically reevaluating deployments.


16 posted on 08/09/2006 7:02:53 AM PDT by presidio9 (“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
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The day after the November Election Day, all of the lies, spins and bs will have the Donkeys of America looking like the one below:


17 posted on 08/09/2006 7:03:04 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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There will be no pre-set time tables for withdrawal of troops.
Troops will be withdrawn when conditions on the ground warrant it.
We still had huge numbers of troops in Germany over 50 years after the end of WWII.
That's why Europe didn't have any major wars for over 50 years.
Before that, Europe was constantly fighting wars.
18 posted on 08/09/2006 7:07:32 AM PDT by Jameison
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I support the withdrawal of heavy artillery and tanks from Iraq into Iran.


19 posted on 08/09/2006 7:08:11 AM PDT by pissant
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The telephone survey, which had an error margin of 3 percentage points, showed 61 percent believed at least some U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2006 have been duped by the media's complete distortion and lies about what is really happening in Iraq.

Congratulations, media!

20 posted on 08/09/2006 7:08:46 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from "the other war zone.")
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