Poll: Fewer than half think U.S. will win in Iraq

[tocqueville]

Nearly two-thirds support a full or partial U.S. withdrawal

Thursday, September 22, 2005 Posted: 2133 GMT (0533 HKT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday indicated fewer than half of Americans believe the United States will win the Iraq war, and 55 percent of those surveyed said it should speed up withdrawal plans.

Only 21 percent said the United States definitely would win the war in Iraq, which began when a U.S.-led coalition invaded in 2003 to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Another 22 percent said they thought the United States probably would win.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/22/iraq.poll/index.html

[trotsky]

1. How do we even know what "win" means?

If Iraq holds an election and elects a radical Islamic government which starts supporting terrorists, did we win?

[wtmusic]

4. That's exactly the problem

and why we're in the war in the first place. How can you "win" an invasion of a foreign country? These people are disgusting.

[daninthemoon]

2. Who answered this poorly worded poll in the first place. "Win" was

never defined. Someone needs to ask * now, what is "win"?

[Zinfandel]

3. How many think we'll win in Iran? How many think we'll win a nuclear war?

[joanne]

5. But the Chimp said "mission accomplished" two years ago

Didnt we "win" it then?

:sarcasm:

And how will we know when we "win" the war on terror?