CNN Poll: Has Iraq been a Success?

[Jack_Dawson]

Yes or No

www.cnn.com

I went out on a limb and voted "no".

[rockymountaindem]

1. Link is to poll about an asteroid.

[Jack_Dawson]

10. I think you're on the wrong page

www.cnn.com (bottom of page - right side)

[nostamj]

2. hmmm...... still way too many people drinking snake oil...

One year later, has the war in Iraq been successful?

Yes 45% 59959 votes

No 55% 72208 votes

Total: 132167 votes

[leesa]

26. Gee, you think CNN, one of the chief proponents of the war, might have

spiked the poll?

[goclark]

3. Two People Live In My House

I voted no the war was not a succcess.
Here is a techy question - when my husband tried to vote using the same computer, the number of "no's" didn't change

How can the second person get their vote counted?

[prodigal_green]

9. cookies folder

Go into your computers cookies folder (do a search for "cookies" if you don't know where it is) and delete the CNN poll cookie. It helps if you sort by date.

[chelaque liberal]

11. Didn't you know this is a one computer one vote society?

This poll has been seriously freeped. It was 68% no when I voted this morning.

[Jack_Dawson]

12. Clear out your Cookies after each vote

Pain in the arse though...

[NC_Nurse]

4. I voted

NO! And No is ahead 55% to 45% at the moment...

[goclark]

23. Just Cleared out my cookie

And I voted again. Thanks for the info

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. Yes. an rousing success. Rich men are making more money hand over fist

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Success?

Bush and his cronies have their hands on Iraqi oil now. Wasn't that the goal?

[tsakshaug]

7. It is on the lower right

scroll down
results as of now (1:00 pm est)

45% yes
55% no

[Mari333]

8. If that 45% had a kid over there in the middle of explosions going off

you can bet your ass they would vote no.
fucking comfortable cowards.

[tandot]

13. you really went out on a limb on that one

The Iraq war is so successful that they just reported another bombing in Baghdad

I feel very bad for the families and especially DUers who have relatives over there fighting this completely unnecessary war

How can that bastard even think about playing golf or attending rodeos while innocent people get killed over there on a daily basis?

[Jack_Dawson]

14. Because he's never been in a War

He's lived a life of priviledge and I have no idea how any soldier can look up to him. He's a disgrace and an embarrassment to all Americans.

[SoundWave]

15. It's not done yet...

I find it hard to vote on something that hasn't concluded yet. When Iraq has it's own government and we bring all out troops home, then it'll be the time to decide if it's a success or not.
A more reasonable poll would ask..."Are ongoing operations in Iraq a success?" Then you would have to ask for the specific operation.
Are we successfully detaining innocent civilians? I think yes.
Were we successful with getting rid of Hussein? We have him in custody, so yes.
Are we successfully pissing off allot of other countries by being in there? Once again...yes
I'm sure there are plenty more poll questions that can be asked, but to ask a question about something that is ongoing as if it's over doesn't seem reasonable to me. Just my thoughts.

[Jack_Dawson]

17. It's been an Abject Failure

1) No WMDs

2) Iraq is not more peaceful and secure

3) Our reasons for going change by the week

4) The world hates us

It has been a failure.

[shtinkycat]

16. just voted

Still 45% Yes. WHAT are these people smoking? Have they seen the shots of central Baghdad in flames? The soldiers' coffins and the Iraqi kids with missing limbs? How far deep in the sand can one's head go . . .

[RobertSeattle]

18. 45% Yes, 55% No

One year later, has the war in Iraq been successful?

Yes 45% 62523 votes

No 55% 75417 votes
Total: 137940 votes

[Jack_Dawson]

19. Kick

:kick:

[samsingh]

20. what are the 45% who voted yes thinking?

killing civilians and having loyal soldiers killed over a lie is not going well.

[Bucky]

21. thinking "how quick can I vote in this poll & go brag about it @ FR.com?"

Not that us padding the poll is any better morally, but at least in an internet shoot-out like this, we're winning the whip count. Bring it on, Freeps!

[stanwyck]

30. well, as a co-worker of mine said

it's good because we show the world who's boss. That should be some comfort to the families who have lost loved ones. Iraqi and Americans.

[rdfi-defi]

22. yes

like a. chalibi said, "the americans are in baghdad now."

[efhmc]

24. Successful at what? Uniting terrorists against the US?

[VOX]

25. Can you say "quagmire?"

If CNN had a "HELL NO" option, I would have clicked on that.

[Jack_Dawson]

27. Second That

:toast:

[tarheel]

28. At 4:07 PM Friday, March 19

The numbers looked like this when I voted:



Yes 45% 87785 votes

No 55% 107607 votes

Total: 195392 votes

[Jack_Dawson]

29. I've been trying to push it to 56% all day

No love for me yet. :-)