Nearly 70 percent pessimistic on war outcome (NBC/WSJ Poll)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17501777/

Almost two months after President Bush announced he was sending more than 21,000 additional troops into Iraq, saying, “We can, and we will, prevail,” nearly seven in 10 Americans remain pessimistic about the war’s outcome, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.

“Iraq is a two-ton boulder in a 100-pound dinghy,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. “There is no way for to recover without a recovery in Iraq.”

According to the poll, a whopping 69 percent say they are less confident the Iraq war will come to a successful conclusion, compared with just 20 percent who are more confident. That finding is virtually unchanged from the previous two NBC/Journal polls, which were taken in January and December.

What’s more, a similar number believe the war in Afghanistan against al-Qaida and the Taliban is faring poorly. Sixty-nine percent say the war there isn’t going well, versus 28 percent who think it is.

[David__77]

1. Recognizing defeat is not "pessimism."

A quick defeat is the best possible outcome. I want US troops out of the region now.

[aquart]

2. Oh, I'm much more than 70% pessimistic.

[lebkuchen]

3. Returning soldiers here are talking about how many young kids have died

from their division.

Lots of soldiers are ordering cars while in Iraq...gives them something to hang onto, a dream.

Some haven't been able to pick up their order.