Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>so why do you not post a link to current poll<<<


Because that's the most current one I could find that breaks down opposition by party affiliation. You find a more recent one. What do you expect to see? All 38% of republicans back in the fold because of the amazing success of the surge?


>>>"Do you want the troops to come home defeated by the terrorists ?" why not ask that question ?<<<


Because it's a stupid question. All but 6%-8% of the "terrorists in Iraq were not a threat to americans until they arrived uninvited with bombs and guns blazing. The remaining 6%-8% have always been around and always will be no matter where the troops go or how long they stay. In fact, there's plenty of evidence that the more places they go and the longer they stay and shoot things up the larger that group grows making the current strategy counter productive.


>>>and why is it not 100% that want the Iraq war finished and the fighting troops home ?<<<


It IS 100%. Difference is that 70% understand that the military's job is done and that asking them to mediate in a 1000 year old civil war and make a dysfunctional government functional is not their job.