Few See an End in Sight to Iraq War

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Barbara Tudder, 53, of Topeka, Ks., talks about the Iraq war to a reporter while in Springfield, Ill., Friday Sept. 14, 2007. "I think it's going to be at least a 10-year war unless we just pull out," said Tudder, a customer service representative from Topeka, Kan., who on Friday was visiting Abraham Lincoln landmarks in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)


Few See an End in Sight to Iraq War
By ERIN McCLAM AP National Writer
The Associated Press
Published Sunday | September 16, 2007


(AP) - Outside a Brooklyn art gallery, Kristy Knight threw her arms in the air in exasperation when she was asked about the war in Iraq, which has her angry, frustrated and flatly disbelieving President Bush.

Across the country, as he finished off a cup of coffee in Grants Pass, Ore., Gerald Fitzgerald insisted the only way the United States should leave Iraq is with victory - no "cutting and running or bailing or anything else."

But when Knight gave her forecast for the war, she could have been speaking for either of them: "I don't think it's ending anytime soon."

President Bush, addressing the nation on the war Thursday from the Oval Office, said it was possible, "for the first time in years, for people who have been on opposite sides of this difficult debate to come together."

And in a way, they have, if interviews scattered around the nation after the speech are any indication: Americans expect a large U.S. presence in Iraq for years to come, including well after Bush leaves office in January 2009.

They still disagree passionately about whether the war was a good idea to begin with, and whether, as the president insists, maintaining it will ultimately make the United States safer. But few appear to think an end is in sight.


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