Poll: Opposition to Iraq, Afghanistan wars reach all time high

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) - Two-thirds of Americans favor President Obama's plan to remove combat troops from Iraq by the end of the month as opposition to the war in that country, as well as the one in Afghanistan, has climbed to new highs.

According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, Obama's withdrawal plan wins support not because Americans think the U.S. has achieved its goals in Iraq - only three in 10 feel that way - but because a majority believe that the U.S. will never achieve its goals in that country no matter how long troops remain there.

That's one reason why 69 percent oppose the war in Iraq - the highest amount of opposition in any CNN poll.

Meanwhile, 65 percent favor Obama's plan to remove most combat troops but keep 50,000 there for non-combat duties. Another 19 percent want the U.S. to remove all troops immediately; only 16 percent oppose Obama's plan because they would like to see U.S. troops remain in Iraq indefinitely.

Americans are also pessimistic about what will happen next in Iraq after combat troops are removed but don't feel the same way about what might occur in the U.S. Six in 10 say they are not confident in the Iraqi government's ability to handle the situation in that country. But only 28 percent say that removing U.S. troops from the country increases the chances of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/17/poll-opposition-to-iraq-afghanistan-wars-reach-all-time-high/

[Bragi]

1. Great, then here's the plan

Americans should vote in a peace President.

Oh wait, that already happened, and American is still at war.

So, what now?

[Bigmack]

2. We were right. Hundreds of thousands dead...

two countries stir-fried. It took a while, but we were right.

Of course, nobody will ever say that out loud, and certainly not in the mainstream media.

We were right. We said it was gonna be bad and end badly.

And it's not done yet.

[Kolesar]

3. speak for yourself

The only mistake was invading Iraq (instead of letting the sanctions and no-fly zone expire).

[Bigmack]

4. Afghanistan?...

Holy shit!

Ok... I'll speak for myself.

I hope you'll have the courage to come back and tell us how wrong you were when we crawl out of Afghanistan after a few thousand more dead Afghans and a few hundred more dead Americans.

[Kolesar]

5. The consensus of this message board was that going into Afghanistan was the right thing to do

...eight and a half years ago.

[Bigmack]

6. I said "we were right"...

I never said "DU was right"... I was talking about those of us who knew it would be a disaster.

If I sound like I'm saying "I told you so".... get used to it.

I'm going to be saying it a lot.... I wish it had never happened.

And when this country does something stupid in Iran, I'll be against that, too.

The Empire is over... time to stop invading anybody who pisses us off.

[David__77]

7. I am supporting Democrats, but, morally, they deserve to lose for these wars.

They are the Democrats' wars now. We could have withdrawn, and should have done so. Now they are wholly-owned by the Democratic Party and no amount of prevarication will change that.