Gallup Poll: Fewer than half of Americans believe U.S. will win in Iraq

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/22/iraq.poll/

More than half say country should speed up withdrawal

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.

Twenty percent of respondents said the United States was capable of winning in Iraq -- but probably would not. And 34 percent said they considered the war unwinnable.

The survey of 818 adults was conducted Friday through Sunday and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

[jimshoes]

1. I'll bet half

couldn't even agree on what exactly constitutes a win over there. Come to think of it what would a "win" look like?

[madokie]

3. You can't win when you go in as a loser, There will be no win

[tularetom]

2. Win? How will we know? When will we know?

I don't know how anybody could possibly answer this question. I've never heard any bushie explain how winning is defined? If it means that one day bush will simply announce that we have "won" and is bringing all the troops home immediately then I think yes we can "win" the war in Iraq. Furthermore I think this will happen cowinydinkally just in time for the 2006 congressional elections.

[BurtWorm]

5. The Bush boy already said the mission was accomplished.

This is the aftermission we're losing.

[npincus]

4. still can't believe how strong supprot is for this absurdity of a war.

should be 9 in 10 support getting the fuck out now.