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raycarey · 13-02-2007, 08:50 PM

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"From what you have seen or heard about the situation in Iraq, what should the United States do now? Should the U.S. increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, keep the same number of U.S. troops in Iraq as there are now, decrease the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, or remove all its troops from Iraq?

51% replied that the US should decrease or remove all troops.

Quote:

"Do you favor or oppose sending more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq in order to try and gain control of Baghdad and some other areas?"

63 % oppose

Quote:

"Which of these comes closest to your opinion? Congress should block all funding for the war in Iraq. OR, Congress should block funding for additional troops being sent to Iraq, but allow funding for troops currently there. OR, Congress should allow all funding for the war in Iraq."

53% responded that congress should block all funding or block additional troops.

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"Can the U.S. military be effective now in lessening the fighting between groups of Iraqis, or is that something the U.S. military cannot do much about?"

67% replied that the US cannot do much about it.

Iraq

i realize that my assertion is not asked directly in the above questions, but if and when these polling companies get the stones to ask a question like, "were the lives of those x thousand kids wasted?", it is highly plausible that the number will be well above 50%.