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Poll: Two-thirds of Americans oppose more troops in Iraq

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Don't believe President Bush and or the 'media', this is no 'surge', or 'additional troops' or whatever you it's being called, it's a damn, pure escalation of the war in Iraq, period!

So, it seems that the American people see President Bush's plan as an escalation of the war in Iraq and they don't like it one bit.

Seems the American people remember LBJ and Nixon and their escalations of the war in Vietnam.









Poll: Two-thirds of Americans oppose more troops in Iraq - CNN.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two out of three Americans oppose President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday indicates.

Nearly two-thirds of those polled also say Bush has no clear plan for Iraq...
 
Too bad you and those 2/3 Americans aren't the Commander-in-Chief. Your jealousy is out of control. :lol:
 
Im from the uk i dont Americans to forget we sent are troops in too under American leadership we have lost are servicemen as a result of the bush administrations incompitence my blame falls squarly with them not the American people,soldiers or generals.

Im only 21 some of my friends from school are fighting in Iraq 2 of them close friends.I saw one of them who had come home for christmas he didnt complain but he had friends in his unit die and i could see how it had made him down.When bush makes comments like "mistakes have been made" it just seems to shrug it off. It hasnt been a few mistake its been mistake after mistake after mistake from begining to the people sent to reconstruct to today just its unbelievable I dont think there has been an Administration in the last dont know when that would of done a worse job.
 
CurrentAffairs said:
Too bad you and those 2/3 Americans aren't the Commander-in-Chief. Your jealousy is out of control. :lol:
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Sadly, this is not about President Bush as you seem to savor, it's about more of our troops being put in harms way by the escalation of the war in Iraq.
 
KidRocks said:
Sadly, this is not about President Bush as you seem to savor, it's about more of our troops being put in harms way by the escalation of the war in Iraq.
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:lol: Well if not President Bush, then who puts them in harm's way? Duh! :doh
 
CurrentAffairs said:
Too bad you and those 2/3 Americans aren't the Commander-in-Chief. Your jealousy is out of control. :lol:
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So in other words we have an activist President that doesn't care about what the people think. Cute. Remember that in 2008.

Republicans: the voice against the people.
 
So in other words we have an activist President that doesn't care about what the people think. Cute. Remember that in 2008.
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Well a lot of people remembered that in 2004...it’s just we let Diebold make our voting machines.
 
TheNextEra said:
So in other words we have an activist President that doesn't care about what the people think. Cute. Remember that in 2008.

Republicans: the voice against the people.
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You make it sound so simple.

I care when my children want to play outside after dark, but I am their dad and they only have one dad and I am the one who makes the decision for them.

Of course the President cares what people think. But he is the only Commander-in-Chief. Not you. Not me. He alone makes the decision.

My guess is that many people objected to the decision of Harry Truman to drop the bomb. Although he cared about what people thought, he still was the only one who could make that decision. Based on Truman's decision, does that mean one could write: Democrats: the voice against the people?
 
He alone makes the decision.
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Not really...we have a whole congress who is going to need to approve his decision...
 
I don't know why me or none of my friends are ever asked to participate in these left wing media polls...........:confused:
 
I oppose more troops being sent, also. Will sending more troops somehow make it more likely we will win this so called war on terror? I think not.

Bushie hasn't even given these troops a time limit - these soldiers have been, or will be, stuck in Iraq for possibly months or years to come, with no word of when they might expect to return home. Bush should at least give the troops a time frame.
 
CurrentAffairs said:
You make it sound so simple.

I care when my children want to play outside after dark, but I am their dad and they only have one dad and I am the one who makes the decision for them.

Of course the President cares what people think. But he is the only Commander-in-Chief. Not you. Not me. He alone makes the decision.
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Americans are not the children of the President. He is not the "decider" and if something isn't in the interests of the American people he shouldn't be doing it. That's a big reason why democracy is used, to serve the interests of the people.

CurrentAffairs said:
My guess is that many people objected to the decision of Harry Truman to drop the bomb. Although he cared about what people thought, he still was the only one who could make that decision. Based on Truman's decision, does that mean one could write: Democrats: the voice against the people?
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Actually most people supported dropping the bomb, so Truman was doing what the people wanted.

A Gallup poll in August 1945 found that 85 percent of respondents (who knew nothing about the radiation effects of the atomic bomb) endorsed its use against Japanese cities.

Japan Focus
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The below is a question asked by someone on another Blog, I am unable to fault his reasoning, perhaps (TOT and or NP) preferably without any name calling (which neither proves nor disproves any argument) and (adds nothing to any discussion) may choose to answer.
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Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish

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I need an explanation. The common argument for why we "cannot lose" in Iraq, is that it will result in a breeding ground for terrorists (specifically Al-Qaeda) in Iraq - much like Afghanistan was (is?). But doesn't this assumption rely on the same misunderstanding that haunted Congressman Reyes, that there is a significant difference between Shiite and Sunni. If we leave Iraq, I suspect the civil war would escalate. Who would win? Almost certainly the Shiite majority. Why would the Shiites then allow Sunni terrorists such as Al-Qaeda to set up shop there? I don't see why they would. So the result would seem to be a Shiite state and no large-scale Sunni terrorist activity (certinaly none focussed on the US).

I recognize the problems of a possible genocide against the Sunnis and of an Iranian puppet state. But those problems are wholly different than the argument made by Bush and his supporters that leaving would result in an Al-Qaeda breeding ground.

Where am I wrong?
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Please answer without bringing rancour into the discussion.
Thank you.
 
He is not the "decider" and if something isn't in the interests of the American people he shouldn't be doing it. [/QUOTE]On issues of our military, yes, he is the decider. He decides and he determines if it is in the best interest. Study harder.
 
Navy Pride said:
Yeah but why do they only poll lefties like you?:confused:
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They don't, they poll people on the right as well. Hence why most of your congress got overturned in the elections.

The people have spoken and they have said they do not approve of what Bush nor the 109th Congress were doing.

Wanna watch a sinking ship? Watch all these Republican "hopefulls" for 2008 distancing themselves from Bush so they can get elected.
 
saggyjones said:
Americans are not the children of the President. He is not the "decider" and if something isn't in the interests of the American people he shouldn't be doing it. That's a big reason why democracy is used, to serve the interests of the people.
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and if you actually had a clue
you would realize that in a democracy we ELECT LEADERS to do what they think is best
otherwise all our country would have to do is have a poll for every issue, and there would be no need to have politicians at all. AKA mob rule

Presidents in particular, but any politician, who takes positions based on the latest poll results are useless scumbags
 
CurrentAffairs said:
He is not the "decider" and if something isn't in the interests of the American people he shouldn't be doing it. On issues of our military, yes, he is the decider. He decides and he determines if it is in the best interest. Study harder.
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So he is....but at the same time he isn't the decider? What? Ok time to grab a beer and watch this one unfold.:mrgreen:
 
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TheNextEra said:
They don't, they poll people on the right as well. Hence why most of your congress got overturned in the elections.

The people have spoken and they have said they do not approve of what Bush nor the 109th Congress were doing.

Wanna watch a sinking ship? Watch all these Republican "hopefulls" for 2008 distancing themselves from Bush so they can get elected.
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wrong as usual
in 2006 MOST OF THE CONGRESS was NOT overturned
Republicans lost seats in the house and congress
but the majority of incumbents retained their seats
 
Yes in mein fuhrer we trust
 
DeeJayH said:
wrong as usual
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Well then if I am wrong all the Republican hopefulls for 2008 will be stating that they are in full agreement with what Bush has done with Iraq, the economy, and foreign policy. Yeah right. The rats will be leaving the sinking ship come 2008.

Republicans are two faced. First they say they support Bush, then they will distance themselves because they know the people don't support his policies. Buh bye RepubliCONS.
 
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