Poll: Americans see no easy Iraq exit By NANCY BENAC - AP

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Poll: Americans see no easy Iraq exit
By NANCY BENAC,
Associated Press Writer
32 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - "Americans see no easy exit from Iraq: Just 9 percent expect the war to end in clear-cut victory, compared with 87 percent who expect some sort of compromise settlement, according to the latest AP-Ipsos poll.

The numbers evoke parallels to public opinion about the war in Vietnam four decades ago. In December 1965, when the American side of the war still had eight years to run, a Gallup survey found just 7 percent believed it would end in victory.

Dissatisfaction with President Bush's handling of Iraq has climbed to an all-time high of 71 percent, according to the AP-Ipsos survey, which was taken as a bipartisan commission was releasing its recommendations this week for a new course. Just 27 percent of Americans approved of Bush's handling of Iraq, down from his previous low of 31 percent in November.

Pessimism about Iraq is mounting, according to the poll. Some 63 percent of Americans said they don't expect a stable, democratic government to be established, up from 54 percent who felt that way in June.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_re_us/iraq_ap_poll

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1. Still... 60 percent want the US out of Iraq in 6 months is really high.

[hwmnbn]

2. Do these same folks wonder why.......

it was so fucking easy to get IN to this mess?

Shouldn't they be asking questions demanding to know?

[mike_c]

3. there is no easy exit....

The war against Iraq is a major screw-up, it's a reflection of a failed foreign policy, and it's a war crime. The nation of Iraq has been shattered to serve the vanity and blind power hunger of the neocons. Those things cannot be undone. The damage cannot be repaired, not while Americans remain in Iraq. Any solution will be painful and incomplete. That is one reason why wars of aggression are international crimes.