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Many Americans want troop deadline in Iraq Published: Wednesday, 28 February, 2007, 08:46 AM Doha Time WASHINGTON: A narrow majority of Americans favour setting a deadline for the withdrawal of US forces in Iraq and a record number disapprove of the war, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday. Fifty-six per cent say US forces should be withdrawn eventually even if civil order has not been restored in Iraq, reflecting a continued and gradual departure from the “you break it, you’ve bought it” sentiment, ABC said. Fifty-three per cent support setting a date for withdrawing US forces from Iraq, up from 47% over the summer and 39% in late 2005. A large majority of those who support setting a deadline want the 139,000 US troops in Iraq brought home within a year – half of that group would like them home in six months. The White House said President George W Bush understands that Americans are impatient and would like to see the troops come home but urged people to give Bush’s troop buildup time to work. “It’s going to take a while,” said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. “No one wants our troops home more than the president but what he has said is he wants the conditions on the ground to be right to be able to do that so that their mission is fulfilled,” she said. The poll came as Senate Democrats pursue efforts to rewrite and more narrowly define the 2002 authorisation Bush used to go to war against Iraq in 2003. The poll found that 64% of Americans now say the war in Iraq was not worth fighting – up 6 points from last month to a new high. According to the poll, two-thirds of Americans oppose Bush’s plan to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq. An equal number favour reducing US military and financial support if the Iraqis fail to make progress restoring order. Seventy per cent of those polled believe the main blame for failing to control the violence in Iraq rests with its own government, not the US. ABC said the Democrat-led Congress continues to hold the upper hand on Iraq but slightly less so than last month. Then 60% of Americans trusted the Democrats over Bush to handle the war. Democrats lost ground in the new poll, dropping 6 points to 54%. Democrats generally favour starting to bring the troops home but differ on how quickly and under what circumstances this should happen. The ABC News/Washington Post telephone poll of 1,082 adults was conducted Thursday through Sunday. The results have a 3-point error margin. – Reuters +++ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
